How Long to Read Agriculture's Energy

How Long Does it Take to Read Agriculture's Energy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Agriculture's Energy by Thomas D. Rogers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Thomas D. Rogers's history of a modernizing Brazil tracks what happened when a key government program,created in the 1970s by the nation's military regime, aspired to harness energy produced by sugarcane agriculture to power the country's economy. The National Alcohol Program, known as Proalcool, was a deliberate economic strategy designed to incentivize ethanol production and reduce gasoline consumption. As Brazil's capacity grew and as international oil shocks continued, the regime's planners doubled down on Proalcool. Drawing financing from international lenders and curiosity from other oil-dependent countries, for a time it was the world's largest oil-substitution and renewable-energy program. Chronicling how Proalcool experimented with and exemplified the consolidation of government, agribusiness, large planters, agricultural and chemical research companies, and oil producers, this book expands into a rich investigation of the arc of Brazil's Green Revolution. The ethanol boom epitomized the vector of that arc, but Rogers keeps wider development imperatives in view. He dramatizes the choices and trade-offs that ultimately resulted in a losing energy strategy, for Proalcool ended up creating a large contingent of impoverished workers, serious environmental degradation, and persistent hunger. The full consequences of the Green Revolution–fueled consolidation continue to take a toll today.

How long is Agriculture's Energy?

Agriculture's Energy by Thomas D. Rogers is 306 pages long, and a total of 78,336 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Agriculture's Energy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 8 minutes to read Agriculture's Energy aloud.

What Reading Level is Agriculture's Energy?

Agriculture's Energy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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