Does a Renewable Fuel Standard for Biofuels Reduce Climate Costs?

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Recent literature on biofuels has questioned whether biofuels policies are likely to reduce the negative effects of climate change. In this paper we make two contributions to the literature. First, we study the market effects of a renewable fuel standard in a dynamic model taking into account that oil is a non-renewable resource. Second, we model emissions from land use change explicitly when we evaluate the climate effects of the renewable fuel standard. We find that global extraction of oil is postponed as a consequence of the renewable fuel standard. Thus, if emissions from biofuels are negligible, the standard will have beneficial climate effects. Furthermore, we find that the standard also tends to reduce total fuel (i.e., oil plus biofuels) consumption initially. Hence, even if emissions from biofuels are non-negligible, a renewable fuel standard may still reduce climate costs. In fact our simulations show that even for biofuels that are almost as emissions-intensive as oil, a renewable fuel standard has beneficial climate effects.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 32.2014

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Issues in International Trade ; Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Thema: Blending Mandate ; Renewable Fuel Standard ; Biofuels ; Climate Costs

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Greaker, Mads ; Hoel, Michael ; Rosendahl, Knut Einar
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (wo): Milano
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/102016
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ