• A COMPARISON OF THE ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF SMALL-SCALE ALCOHOL AND SUNFLOWER OIL PRODUCTION

Robert C. Reining and Wallace Tyner

No 279386, 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper compares the technical and economic feasibilities of small scale production of fuel grade grain alcohol with those of sunflower oil. Three scales of ethanol and sunflower oil production are modeled, and sensitivity analysis is conducted for different operating conditions and costs of feedstocks and by-products. The general conclusion is that, ignoring government subsidies to alcohol production, sunflower oil is competitive with alcohol at these scales of operation.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 1981-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.279386

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