Palm biodiesel in amazonas: development and economic integration

Resumo

The quality of life of a region ultimately depends on its economic development, measured by factors like employment, income and education. Since the beginning, the state of Amazonas has searched for an economic development alternative. However, the attempts of development have resulted only in short cycles. The goal of this paper is to examine the possibility to generate an endogenous development cycle from the production of palm biodiesel in Amazonas. Palm oil biodiesel in Amazonas may provide employment and income for the population, since the use of biodiesel in power generators will prevent the lack of energy. Besides these benefits, the cultivation of palm would restore the devastated forest areas and also would reduce the greenhouse effect. Additionally, palm oil production would increase the generation of energy that would improve the population health and education.