Ethanol Production and Employment

Mindy Petrulis, Judith Sommer and Fred Hines

No 309693, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Increased U.S, production of ethanol could create 28,000-108,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Ethanol distilled chiefly from corn, can be mixed with gasoline to reduce the level of hydrocarbon pollutants created by fuel combustion in gasoline engines. Job gains will be concentrated in the rural Midwest, where most of the Nation’s corn is grown. Small communities elsewhere can benefit through new biomass technologies that can distill ethanol from energy crops, agricultural residues, and organic municipal waste.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 1993-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309693

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