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A Biomass Energy Production and Use Plan for the United States, 1983-90

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  • U. S. Department of Energy

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This report to the President and the Congress assesses the feasibility of achieving the Energy Security Act's goal of producing 8.4 billion gallons of alcohol per year--equal to 10 percent of all U.S. gasoline consumption--by 1990. The goal, though technologically attainable, is not economically feasible even under optimistic market scenarios because it would require $41 to $66 billion in Government subsidies over the 1983-90 period. A more realistic maximum potential, with existing subsidies, is 1.5 billion gallons of alcohol fuel per year.

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  • U. S. Department of Agriculture & U. S. Department of Energy, 1983. "A Biomass Energy Production and Use Plan for the United States, 1983-90," Agricultural Economic Reports 307952, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307952
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307952
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    1. Gavett, Earle E. & Grinnell, Gerald E. & Smith, Nancy L., 1986. "Fuel Ethanol and Agriculture: An Economic Assessment," Agricultural Economic Reports 308014, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Gabriel E Lade & C-Y Cynthia Lin Lawell & Aaron Smith, 2018. "Designing Climate Policy: Lessons from the Renewable Fuel Standard and the Blend Wall," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 100(2), pages 585-599.

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