Subsidies to ethanol in the United States

Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 79-108

  Koplow, Doug ^a   Steenblik, Ronald ^b  

^a Earth Track Inc   (United States)

^b Institute for Sustainable Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; biofuel; corn; energy; ethanol; policy; renewable energy; subsidies; support; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886017205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8654-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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