SOCIAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF USING BIOMASS - A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE

Mihaela Boboc, Roxana-Ionela Achiricesei, Laura Bouriaud and Raluca Nichiforel
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Mihaela Boboc: „Ştefan cel Mare” University, Suceava
Roxana-Ionela Achiricesei: „Ştefan cel Mare” University, Suceava
Laura Bouriaud: „Ştefan cel Mare” University, Suceava
Raluca Nichiforel: „Ştefan cel Mare” University, Suceava

SEA - Practical Application of Science, 2016, issue 12, 479-484

Abstract: Biomass, along with other renewable energy sources (solar, wind power, hydropower, etc.) is the alternative energy to conventional energy sources. The need of alternative energy sources is given by the increase in energy demand associated with the reduction of conventional sources. They are supplemented by society efforts for reducing the global warming. Thus the biomass use is enthusiastically received and supported by numerous development policies. Nevertheless, the use of biomass to obtain energy involves negative effects on society and also on the environment, generating concerns about the ethics of human actions. All these concerns regarding the biomass use can be prevented and ameliorated by a legislative framework that integrates among the economic and environmental, social and ethical principles. Because without a set of ethical principles aimed at fairness between individuals, social responsibility and also intrinsic value of the biosphere, challenges and problems generated by the use of renewable resources will be intensified

Keywords: Social challenges; Ethical challenges; Renewable sources; Biomass (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q24 Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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