03905nam 2200649Ia 450 991045339030332120200520144314.00-8179-4963-10-8179-4968-2(CKB)2550000001163259(EBL)1370776(MiAaPQ)EBC3301903(Au-PeEL)EBL3301903(CaPaEBR)ebr10622956(CaONFJC)MIL545397(OCoLC)876507804(EXLCZ)99255000000116325920110702d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Corn ethanol[electronic resource] who pays? who benefits? /Ken G. GlozerStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Pressc20111 online resource (243 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;no. 569Description based upon print version of record.0-8179-4961-5 1-306-14146-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Political History; 1. Introduction; 2. Ethanol as a Transportation Fuel: How FederalCorn-Ethanol Policy Evolved; A. Carter Administration, 1977-1981: Jump Starting a New Industry with Tax Incentives, Tariffs, and Financial Support; B. Reagan Administration, 1981-1989: Greater Reliance on Energy Markets; Phase-out of Some Market-Intervention Policies; C. Bush I Administration, 1989-1993: Mandating Reformulated Gasoline and OxygenatesD. Clinton Administration, 1993-2001: Few Major Initiatives but Continued Production Growth for EthanolE. Bush II Administration, 2001-2009: The Demise of MTBE and Enactment of the Renewable Fuels Standard Bring a Massive Increase in Corn Ethanol Production; Part II - Evaluating Advocates' Policy Claims; 3. Is U.S. Energy Security Strengthened?; 4. Does the Environment Benefit?; 5. Other Claims: Are Budget Costs Reduced? Is the Trade Balance Improved? Is Rural Employment Increased?; 6. Who Pays for the Policy, and Who Benefits from It?; 7. Conclusions; Part III - Supporting DocumentsA. International Energy Agency, IEA Response System for Oil Supply EmergenciesB. History of World Oil Market Petroleum-supply Interruptions; C. State-by-State Ethanol Subsidies; Endnotes; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy; IndexThe author documents the political history of federal corn ethanol policy, showing how it has evolved from 1977 through 2008. He then offers an in-depth, fact-based look at the major assertions made by the advocates of the policy, providing the results of an evaluation of the claims made by the architects of the Renewal Fuels Standard in 2005 during its consideration by Congress.Hoover Institution Press publication ;569.Ethanol as fuelGovernment policyUnited StatesEthanol as fuelEconomic aspectsUnited StatesEthanol fuel industryGovernment policyUnited StatesEthanol fuel industryUnited StatesEnergy policyUnited StatesEnergy crops industryUnited StatesCorn industryUnited StatesElectronic books.Ethanol as fuelGovernment policyEthanol as fuelEconomic aspectsEthanol fuel industryGovernment policyEthanol fuel industryEnergy policyEnergy crops industryCorn industry338.4/766288Glozer Ken G995493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453390303321Corn ethanol2280686UNINA