Life cycle analysis (LCA) is the standard approach used to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits of biofuels. However, it is increasingly recognized that LCA results do not account for some impacts including land use changes that have important implications on GHGs. Thus, an alternative...

The outlook for U.S. corn markets is inextricably linked to what happens to the U.S. ethanol industry, which depends, in turn, on the level of government subsidies and mandates. We develop a stochastic partial equilibrium model to simulate outcomes for the corn market for the 2008/09 marketing...

Um die deutschen Verpflichtungen im Rahmen des Burden Sharings der Europäischen Union (EU) oder noch anspruchsvollere Klimaschutzziele zu erreichen, sind besondere Anstrengungen notwendig. Zwar ist der Ausstoß von Kohlendioxid (CO2) des Straßenverkehrs in Deutschland seit 1999 um etwa 6...