Renewable fuel standard : potential economic and environmental effects of U.S. biofuel policy / Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production ; Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Division on Earth and Life Studies ; Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Division on Earth and Life Studies.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable natural resources--United States.

Renewable natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of our current pattern of high consumption of nonrenewable energy and its environmental consequences. Further, because the United States imports about 55 percent of the nation's consumption of crude oil, there are additional concerns about the security of supply. Hence, efforts are being made to find alternatives to our current pathway, including greater energy efficiency and use of energy sources that could lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as nuclear and renewable sources, including solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels. The United States has a long history with biofuels and the nation is on a course charted to achieve a substantial increase in biofuels." Publisher's description.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Biofuel Supply Chain""; ""3 Projected Supply of Cellulosic Biomass""; ""4 The Economics and Economic Effects of Biofuel Production""; ""5 Environmental Effects and Trade offs of Biofuels""; ""6 Barriers to Achieving RFS2""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix C: Presentations to the Committee""; ""Appendix D: Glossary""; ""Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations""

""Appendix F: Conversion Factors""""Appendix G: Petroleum-Based Fuel Economics""; ""Appendix H: Ethanol Biorefineries in Operation or Under Construction in the United States in 2010""; ""Appendix I: Biodiesel Refineries in the United States in 2010""; ""Appendix J: Economic Models Used to Assess the Effects of Biofuel Production in the United States""; ""Appendix K: BioBreak Model: Assumptions for Willingness to Accept""; ""Appendix L: BioBreak Model Assumptions""; ""Appendix M: Summary of Literature Estimates""; ""Appendix N: Blend Wall""

""Appendix O: Safety and Quality of Biofuel Coproducts as Animal Feed""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309278782

0309278783

9780309187527

0309187524

OCLC:

777953918