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dc.contributor.authorFrondel, Manuelen
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Jörgen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:48:49Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:48:49Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18587-
dc.description.abstractGuaranteeing tax reductions and exemptions, the European governments intend to increase the share of biofuels in total EU fuel consumption to 5.75% by 2010. The financial support of this EU objective is frequently justified by expected positive environmental impacts, most notably the mitigation of climate change, and by favorable employment effects in the agricultural sector. This paper investigates the environmental and economic implications of the support of rapeseed-based biodiesel as a substitute for fossil diesel.Based on a survey of recent empirical studies, we find that the energy and greenhouse gas balances of this environmental strategy are clearly positive.Yet, its overall environmental balance is currently far from being unequivocally positive. Most importantly, biodiesel is not a cost-efficient emission abatement strategy. Thus, for the abatement of greenhouse gases,we recommend more efficient alternatives based on both renewable and conventional technologies.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aRheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) |cEssenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aRWI Discussion Papers |x36en
dc.subject.jelQ42en
dc.subject.jelQ28en
dc.subject.jelQ58en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordRenewable Energyen
dc.subject.keywordEnvironmental Policyen
dc.subject.keywordGreenhouse Gas Emissionsen
dc.subject.stwKlimaschutzen
dc.subject.stwFörderung regenerativer Energienen
dc.subject.stwBiokraftstoffen
dc.subject.stwNutzwertanalyseen
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.titleBiodiesel: A New Oildorado?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn505101424en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:rwidps:36en

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