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  • RINs and biofuel mandates : comparing ethanol and biodiesel markets

    Creator:
    Ainsworth, Joel H.
    Abstract:
    The United States Congress set out to increase the blending of biofuels by updating and implementing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) in 2007. The new mandate required that a combination of 36 billion gallons of ethanol, biodiesel, and cellulosic biofuel be blended annually, by 2022. To offset the cost of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ). The initial Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was formally established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005

  • Crop choice and conservation : implications of increased biofuel demand

    Creator:
    Sechrist, B.
    Abstract:
    Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of a change in agricultural prices on land use and conservation. The planted acreage for each of three crops – corn, soybeans, and spring wheat – was regressed on the expected prices of the three crops, the input prices, and past land...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and state levels. The 2005 U.S. Energy Policy Act calls for increased production of biofuels