Could Bioenergy Be Used to Harvest the Greenhouse: An Economic Investigation of Bioenergy and Climate Change?

Bruce McCarl, Thein Maung and Kenneth Szulczyk
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Thein Maung: North Dakota State University

Chapter Chapter 12 in Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy, 2010, pp 195-218 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Bioenergy interest has been greatly stimulated by the fuel price rises in the late 2000s. Bioenergy is seen as a way to protect against the rising fossil fuel prices and the political insecurity of importing petroleum from the Middle East. Furthermore, growing evidence suggests that combustion of fossil fuels is precipitating climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007). Thus, at present three factors may influence the prospects for bioenergy: (1) increases in crude oil prices, (2) concerns for national energy security matters, and (3) concerns for climate change and global warming.

Keywords: Crop Residue; Cellulosic Ethanol; Conservation Reserve Program; Gasoline Price; Yellow Grease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0369-3_12

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