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Release : 2008
Genre : Alcohol as fuel
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Book Synopsis Understanding Land Use Change and U.S. Ethanol Expansion by :
Download or read book Understanding Land Use Change and U.S. Ethanol Expansion written by . This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott A. Malcolm
Release : 2010-02
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Synopsis Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural Landscape by : Scott A. Malcolm
Download or read book Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural Landscape written by Scott A. Malcolm. This book was released on 2010-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 established specific targets for the production of biofuel in the U.S. Meeting these targets will increase demand for traditional ag. commodities used to produce ethanol, resulting in land-use, production, and price changes in the farm sector. This report summarizes the estimated effects of meeting the EISA targets for 2015 on regional ag. production and the environment. Meeting EISA targets for ethanol production will expand U.S. cropped acreage by 5 million acres by 2015, an increase of 1.6% over what would otherwise be expected. Much of the growth comes from corn acreage, which increases by 3.5% over baseline projections. Water quality and soil carbon will also be affected.
Author : Thomas L. Darlington
Release : 2009
Genre : Alcohol as fuel
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Book Synopsis Land Use Effects of U.S. Corn-based Ethanol by : Thomas L. Darlington
Download or read book Land Use Effects of U.S. Corn-based Ethanol written by Thomas L. Darlington. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study assesses land use changes and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts due to expansion of corn-based ethanol production in the United States. The land use change estimates discussed in this paper were developed for a scenario where U.S. corn-based ethanol production expands from approximately 2 billion gallons per year in 2000/2001 to 15 billion gallons per year (bgy) in 2015/16. The overall conclusion of this report is that 15 bgy of corn ethanol production in 2015/16 should not result in new forest or grassland conversion in the U.S. or abroad.
Author : Elizabeth Marshall
Release : 2011-06
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Measuring the Indirect Land-Use Change Associated with Increased Biofuel Feedstock Production by : Elizabeth Marshall
Download or read book Measuring the Indirect Land-Use Change Associated with Increased Biofuel Feedstock Production written by Elizabeth Marshall. This book was released on 2011-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the current state of knowledge of the drivers of land-use change and describes the analytic methods used to estimate the impact of biofuel feedstock production on land use. The larger the impact of domestic biofuels feedstock production on commodity prices and the availability of exports, the larger the international land-use effects are likely to be. The amount of pressure placed on land internationally will depend in part on how much of the land needed for biofuel production is met through an expansion of agricultural land in the U.S. If crop yield per acre increases through more intensive management or new crop varieties, then less land is needed to grow a particular amount of that crop. Illustrations. This is a print on demand report.
Author : Madhu Khanna
Release : 2017-05-22
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Volume II by : Madhu Khanna
Download or read book Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy: Volume II written by Madhu Khanna. This book was released on 2017-05-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its second volume, this book aims to link the academic research with development in the real world and provide a historical and institutional background that can enrich more formal research. The first section will include an assessment of the evolution and the state of the nascent second-generation biofuel as well as a perspective on the evolution of corn ethanol and sugarcane ethanol in Brazil. It will also include a historical and institutional background on the biofuel industry in Brazil that has global lessons, and later, provide a technical overview of major analytical tools used to assess the economic, land use and greenhouse gas implications of biofuel policies at a regional and global level. Additionally, the book analyzes the various drivers for land use change both at a micro-economic level and at a macro-economic level. It presents studies that apply regional and global economic models to examine the effects of biofuel policies in the US, EU and Brazil on regional and global land use, on food and fuel prices and greenhouse gas emissions. These papers illustrate the use of partial and general equilibrium modeling approaches to simulate the effects of various biofuel policies, and includes studies showing the effects of risk aversion, time preferences and liquidity constraints on farmers decision to grow energy crops for biofuel production. By presenting the tools of lifecycle analysis for assessing the direct greenhouse gas intensity of biofuels, this handbook investigates the types of indirect or market mediated effects that can offset or strengthen these direct effects. It will include tools to assess the direct and indirect effects of biofuel production on greenhouse gas emissions in the US and Brazil, and ultimately provide a comprehensive background to understand the state of biofuel in the present and how to analyze their implication.
