Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy : Modeling Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Implications

Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Bioenergy Economics and Policy in US and Brazil: Effects on Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 1 Overview -- 2 Market and Policy Incentives for Biofuel Production in the US and Brazil -- 3 Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Effects of Biofuel Production in the US and Brazil -- 4 Feedstocks for Cellulosic Biofuels: Production Risks and Risk Management -- 5 Summary -- References -- Market and Policy Incentives for Biofuel Production in the US and Brazil -- 2 US Biofuel Policies and Markets -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biofuel Production -- 3 U.S. Biofuel Policy -- 3.1 The U.S. Biofuel Mandate -- 3.2 The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit -- 3.3 Trade Restrictions -- 4 Combining Biofuel Policies -- 5 Biofuel Policies, Markets, and the Environment -- 5.1 Indirect Land Use Change -- 5.2 Food Versus Fuel Concerns -- 5.3 Indirect Fuel Use -- 5.4 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Effect -- 5.5 The Indirect Coproduct Effect -- 5.6 The Indirect Food Effect -- 5.7 The Balance of Trade Effect -- 6 Demand for Biofuel and the Blend Wall -- 7 Biofuels, Risk Management, and the Contractual Environment -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 The Sugarcane Industry and the Use of Fuel Ethanol in Brazil: History, Challenges, and Opportunities -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Ethanol Program and Changes in the Sugarcane Industry During the Period of Government Intervention -- 2.1 The Brazilian National Ethanol Program -- 2.2 Proalcool Crisis -- 2.3 Deregulation of Sugarcane Production Chain -- 2.4 Evaluation of Proalcool -- 3 The Post-deregulation Period and the Free Market Environment -- 3.1 Changes in the Growers/Mills Relationship and a New Model for Sugarcane Payment -- 3.2 The Growth of the Brazilian Share in the World Sugar Market