Biofuel support policies
Subtitle: an economic assessment.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; SourceOECD (Online service)
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9789264049222
Subjects: Biomass energy; Biomass energy -- Government policy; Biomass energy -- Environmental aspects
Other titles: Politiques de soutien des biocarburants : une évaluation économique.
Description: Governments in many OECD countries, as well as in a number of countries outside the OECD area, actively promote the production and use of alternative transport fuels made from agricultural commodities. This report, jointly produced by the OECD and the IEA and drawing on information from a number of other organisations, analyses the implications of this support from various perspectives. The report shows that the high level of policy support contributes little to reduced greenhouse-gas emissions and other policy objectives, while it adds to a range of factors that raise international prices for food commodities. It concludes that there are alternatives to current support policies for biofuels that would more effectively allow governments to achieve their objectives.
Notes: Title from PDF t.p. (publisher's Web site, viewed on Sept. 04, 2008).

Also available in French under the title: Politiques de soutien des biocarburants : une évaluation économique.

Includes bibliographical references (p.139-145).