Not exact matches
More specifically, researchers led by the University of Idaho's Tara Hudiburg merged the DayCent ecological model with another, BEPAM, originally designed to study environmental and economic impacts of proposed
biofuel policies, forming a combined model that simultaneously
accounts for market forces, land use, transportation costs, and a variety of
other factors.
Notwithstanding critiques of about
biofuels» net - energy value by Pimentel and a handful of
other researchers, bioenergy was favorably viewed in energy circles until recently on
account of its being domestic, abundant and non-fossil.
Tax approximate CO2 emissions from final combustion of
biofuels and biomass based strictly on product type without attempting to
account for carbon sequestered during growth cycles or emitted during harvesting, distillation or
other chemical processing or land - use impacts.
Not mentioned in the report is the prospect that while Branson and
others continue to explore
biofuels for jets, we understand that turboprops can run on biodiesel relatively easily (probably blended to
account for temperature issues).
· Substantially increased use of
biofuels can only occur if they can be used in forms
other than the low - percentage blends of ethanol and biodiesel that
account for nearly all of their current use.
Hence, we are still stuck with the GHG
accounting problem for
biofuels (and potentially relevant general equilibrium effects for
other fuels such as electricity) when transport is included in the European Emission Trading Scheme.