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Agriculture-Based Renewable Energy Production (Paperback)
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Since the late 1970s, U.S. policy makers at both the federal and
state levels have enacted a variety of incentives, regulations, and
programs to encourage the production and use of agriculture-based
renewable energy. Motivations cited for these legislative
initiatives include energy security concerns, reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions, and raising domestic demand for
U.S.-produced farm products. Agricultural households and rural
communities have responded to these government incentives and have
expanded their production of renewable energy, primarily in the
form of biofuels and wind power, every year since 1996. The
production of ethanol (the primary biofuel produced by the
agricultural sector) has risen from about 175 million gallons in
1980 to 3.9 billion gallons per year in 2005. However, U.S. ethanol
production capacity has been expanding rapidly. Current ethanol
production capacity is 5.4 billion gallons per year (as of December
29, 2006), with another 6.0 billion gallons of capacity under
construction and potentially online by early 2008. Biodiesel
production is at a much smaller level, but has also shown growth
rising from 0.5 million gallons in 1999 to an estimated 75 million
gallons in 2005. Wind energy systems production capacity has also
grown rapidly, rising from 1,706 megawatts in 1997 to an estimated
10,492 megawatts by October 23, 2006. Despite this rapid growth,
agriculture- and rural-based energy production accounted for only
about 0.6% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2004.
General
Imprint: |
Bibliogov
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2013 |
First published: |
2013 |
Authors: |
Randy Schnepf
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
66 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-288-66864-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
1-288-66864-3 |
Barcode: |
9781288668649 |
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