ch. 1. Biofuels cause malnutrition in the world / David Pimentel -- ch. 2. Biofuel and the world population problem / Mario Giampietro and Sandra G.F. Bukkens -- ch. 3. Energy cropping in marginal land : viable option or fairy tale? / Sandra Fahd, Salvatore Mellino, and Sergio Ulgiati -- ch. 4. Can switchgrass deliver the ethanol needed to power U.S. transportation / Tad W. Patzek -- ch. 5. Biofuels, climate change, and human population / Edwin Kessler -- ch. 6. Uncertain prospects for sustainable energy in the United Kingdom / Andrew R.B. Ferguson -- ch. 7. Net energy balance and carbon footprint of biofuel from corn and sugarcane / Claudinei Andreoli, David Pimentel, and Simone Pereira de Souza -- ch. 8. Water, food, and biofuels / Claudinei Andreoli and David Pimentel -- ch. 9. The potential of Onondaga County to feed its own population and that of Syracuse, New York : past, present, and future / Stephen B. Balogh ... [et al.] -- ch. 10. Energy production from corn, cellulosic, and algae biomass / David Pimentel ... [et al.] -- ch. 11. Biofuels and world food and society issues / Philip McMichael -- ch. 12. The potential of algae and jatropha as biofuel sources / Robert Rapier -- ch. 13. Crop residues for biofuel and increased soil erosion hazards / Rattan Lal -- ch. 14. Biofuels, foods, livestock, and the environment / David Pimentel.