Cornell University Researchers Warn...

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: February 15, 2010

U.S. Biofuel Policy Will Fail to Achieve Intended Environmental, Energy, and Ag Goals

Milwaukee, WI—US biofuel policies will fail to achieve the intended environmental, energy and agricultural goals, warns an article in the journal Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy (AEPP).

“A key feature of biofuels policy is the combination of mandate and subsidies that cause severe adverse effects,” said Harry de Gorter, co-author of the article and Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.

“The analysis of biofuel policies is shown to be unique compared to all other environmental policy analysis and has implications for biofuels policy worldwide and also for renewable electricity policy.

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