The economic potential of producing energy from agricultural biomass /
2020. The forced production of agricultural energy crops
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 2020. The forced production of agricultural energy crops a dynamic, nonlinear, mathematical program, determined the Agricultural biomass is a substitute for fossil fuels, which along with corn, involves several levels of energy as well. The agricultural energy crops and corn receive a at a competitive price. This study examined how forcing biomass electricity. The forced supply of new biomass crops, biomass feedstock prices rise with increasing feedstock biomass for energy. The model incorporated production and changes cropping patterns and prices for conventional crops cost fossil fuels; hence, are largely unable to be supplied could provide a sustained energy feedstock and possibly due to the higher cost of energy feedstock and food products. economic effects of using increased supplies of agricultural efficient conversion activities which produce ethanol and energy supplies. Most conventional crop prices rise and all ethanol demands and land capability for biomass production. feedstock prices and economically impact the well-being of feedstocks for the years 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. The feedstocks may be as much as 50 % greater than equivalent fossil fuel supplied energy. But due to technology the price greater allocation of farm land to meet the forced biomass in biomass production technology, will impact agricultural increased biomass energy generation, along with improvements introduced future biomass technologies, based on current National well-being experiences a net loss. of biomass feedstocks decreases over time. The analysis of fossil fuels may equalize between the years 201 0 and predicts that the agricultural feedstock price and the price production. As a consequence, farmers receive increased production. This forced supply was based on projected profits. Consumers, however, experience a loss in well-being reduce further accumulations of greenhouse gases. However, research involving more productive biomass crops and more resultant model appraises the effects of increasing biomass results show that initially, fuel prices using biomass switchgrass and short rotation poplar. Also, the model the agricultural sector. An U.S. agricultural sector model, The model determined the optimal mix of corn and energy crops these feedstocks currently face a market dominated by low to meet the biomass feedstock goals for energies. The use of potential biomass energy feedstocks, such as |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Agricultural Economics". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 112 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |