Renewable fuel standard : potential economic and environmental effects of U.S. biofuel policy

Renewable fuel standard : potential economic and environmental effects of U.S. biofuel policy / Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production, Board on Agricultural and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studes ; Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

"In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of our current pattern of high consumption of nonrenewable energy and its environmental conseque...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Energy and Environmental Systems
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Biomass energy industries > Standards > United States.
Renewable energy sources > Standards > United States.
Biomass energy > Environmental aspects > United States.
Energy crops industry > United States.
Energy policy > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General.
Biomass energy > Environmental aspects
Energy crops industry
Energy policy
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Biofuel Supply Chain
  • Projected Supply of Cellulosic Biomass
  • The Economics and Economic Effects of Biofuel Production
  • Environmental Effects and Tradeoffs of Biofuels
  • Barriers to Achieving RFS2
  • APPENDIXES
  • A: Statement of Task
  • B: Biographical Sketches
  • C: Presentations to the Committee
  • D: Glossary
  • E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • F: Conversion Factors
  • G: Petroleum-Based Fuel Economics
  • H: Ethanol Biorefineries in Operation or Under Construction in the United States in 2010
  • I: Biodiesel Refineries in the United States in 2010
  • J: Economic Models Used to Assess the Effects of Biofuel Production in the United States
  • K: BioBreak Model: Assumptions for Willingness to Accept
  • L: BioBreak Model Assumptions
  • M: Summary of Literature Estimates
  • N: Blend Wall
  • O: Safety and Quality of Biofuel Coproducts as Animal Feed.

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