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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Land Use Implications of Expanding Biofuel Demand
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| Autores: |
Dicks, Michael R.
Campiche, Jody L.
Torre Ugarte, Daniel de la
Hellwinckel, Chad M.
Bryant, Henry L.
Richardson, James W.
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| Data: |
2009-08-01
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Cellulosic ethanol
Corn stover
Grain ethanol
Renewable fuel standard
Switchgrass
Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis
Environmental Economics and Policy
Land Economics/Use
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
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Q42
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| Resumo: |
The Renewable Fuel Standard mandates in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will require 36 billion gallons of ethanol to be produced in 2022. The mandates require that 16 of the 36 billion gallons must be produced from cellulosic feedstocks. The potential land use implications resulting from these mandates were examined using two methods, the POLYSYS model and a general equilibrium model. Results of the POLYSYS analysis indicated that 72.1 million tons of corn stover, 23.5 million tons of wheat straw, and 24.7 million acres would be used to produce 109 million tons of switchgrass in 2025 to meet the mandate. Results of the CGE analysis indicated that 10.9 billion bushels of corn grain, 71 million tons of corn stover, and 56,200 tons of switchgrass is needed to meet the mandate.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/53091
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| Relação: |
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 41, Number 02, August 2009
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