The Fallacy of Sustainable Production of Biofuel Feedstock: You Putting a Tiger in Your Tank

Timothy Dittmer and Charles Wassell

Challenge, 2008, vol. 51, issue 5, 20-39

Abstract: Are ethanol and biodiesel environmentally friendly ways to reduce emissions? Everyone acknowledges that they have damaging side effects, resulting in high food prices and deforestation. To deal with these, however, governments may be adopting policies that will make matters worse. These economists explain.

Date: 2008
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