Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy

by National Research Council, Committee on Economic and Environmental, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of our current pattern of high consumption of nonrenewable energy and its environmental consequences. Further, because the United States imports about 55 percent of the nation's consumption of crude oil, there are additional concerns about the security...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309187516
• ISBN13: 9780309187510
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"