Economics and Politics of Biofuels

In recent years, rising costs for oil products, fears of reaching peak oil supply, and environmental concerns about the effects of emissions on global climate change have spurred a huge interest in developing alternative and renewable technologies that alleviate these burdens. Many of these technolo...

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Published inOur Energy Future p. 161
Main Authors Mayfield, Stephen P, Jones, Carla S
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of California Press 16.02.2016
Edition1
Subjects
Aggregate economy
Alcohols
Alternative fuels
Applied sciences
Biofuels
Biofuels policy
Business
Business operations
Capital costs
Chemical compounds
Chemistry
Commerce
Commodity prices
Consumer prices
Economic costs
Economic costs and benefits
Economics
Energy engineering
Energy policy
Engineering
Ethanol
Fuels
Functional groups
Government
Hydroxyls
Macroeconomics
Market prices
Microeconomics
Oil prices
Physical sciences
Political science
Prices
Pricing
Public administration
Public policy
Supply and demand
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Summary:In recent years, rising costs for oil products, fears of reaching peak oil supply, and environmental concerns about the effects of emissions on global climate change have spurred a huge interest in developing alternative and renewable technologies that alleviate these burdens. Many of these technologies such as wind, solar, and hydropower have proven to be potentially effective methods in reducing fossil fuel usage in the generation of power, particularly the usage of coal and natural gas. However, most of these technologies do not directly affect the use of the third fossil fuel, petroleum. Petroleum is the major feedstock for liquid
ISBN:0520278771
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