| Articles, Presentations & Reports |
| No such such thing as green economy? |
March 2009 article post on Green Chemicals blog hosted by ICIS discussing a study which calls into question the widespread claims on potential economic, employment and environmental benefits promoted by groups such as
American Solar Energy Society (ASES), the Center for American Progress, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) among others. |
| How To Save The Biodiesel Industry |
April 2009 article in Forbes Magazine that discusses the future market and what external factors will influence the economics of the situation. |
| Agricultural Markets and Food Price Inflation—A conference summary |
Summary: "On October 2, 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference that focused on the economic impacts of volatile agricultural prices and food policy, especially their intersection with the macroeconomy through food price inflation." |
| Crop-Based Biofuel Production under Acreage Constraints and Uncertainty |
February 2008 report from CARD, Abstract:
"A myriad of policy issues and questions revolve around understanding the bioeconomy. To gain insight, we develop a stochastic and dynamic general equilibrium model and capture the uncertain nature of key variables such as crude oil prices and commodity yields. We also incorporate acreage limitations on key feedstocks such as corn, soybeans, and switchgrass. We make standard assumptions that investors are rational and engage in biofuel production only if returns exceed what they can expect to earn from alternative investments." |
| A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories |
January 2008 report from The New York Times, an article in "The Food Chain: The High Cost of Eating" series, Summary:
Demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food. |
Fueling the Automobile: An Economic Exploration of Early Adoption of Gasoline over Ethanol |
From the December 2007 issue of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, examines the history of the intersections of the automobile industry and gasoline with the state of the agricultural sector and how industrial relations resulted in the later adoption of leaded gaoline, rather than ethanol became the solution. |
| Report Finds Major Economic Benefits to Efficiency, Renewables |
November 2007,
American Solar Energy Society.
Press release excerpt: "The U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries created jobs for 8.5 million people in 2006, while generating more than a trillion dollars in sales, $100 billion in profits, and $150 billion in increased federal, state, and local government tax revenues, according to a new report from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). The report notes that it's difficult to define the energy efficiency industry, but even focusing on the renewable energy industry, it found 196,000 people directly employed by the industry, a total of 452,000 jobs created, and revenues of $39.2 billion in 2006."
Also see Full Report. |
| U.S. Ethanol Industry Outlook: Socio/Economic Impact of a Booming Ethanol Industry |
PowerPoint by Bruce A. Babcock, Director of CARD, presented Sept 2007 at ProBeef 07: A Global View of the Ethanol Industry and Beef Cattle, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa |
| Facets of the Bioeconomy Affecting the Small Towns of Iowa |
PowerPoint by Bruce A. Babcock, Director of CARD, presented in April 2007 at the conference "Community Futures: The Small Town in the Bioeconomy," Scheman Building, Ames, IA . |
| What Would Really Happen To Grain Marketing If The River Locks Were Upgraded? |
From farmdoc blog editor, Stu Ellis of the University of Illinois. This article includes analysis of the impact of ethanol on the Midwest infrastructure. |
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