The ethanol trap
Subtitle: why policies to promote ethanol ethanol as fuel need rethinking
By: Douglas Auld
Contributors: C.D. Howe Institute
Series: C.D. Howe Institute commentary -- no. 268; Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute) -- no. 268; Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute)
Publisher: C.D. Howe Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
ISBN-13: 9780888067500
Subjects: Alcohol fuel industry; Government policy; Alcohol as fuel
Description: "With growing public pressure to curb the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, Canadian governments, like those in many other western countries, have chosen to promote and subsidize the development of ethanol as a fuel additive to gasoline. The purpose of this study is to examine the policy's goals, evaluate the scientific evidence that is used to justify government support for ethanol production, and determine the policy's costs to government and consumers"--Cover title page.
Notes: Cover title.

"July 2008."