Thanks Gay for this notice. I'm hoping to attend this program before I go to work on Thursday. Also, I have sent this to Roger Cohen, a NYT columnist who has defended biofuels as "a transition fuel" as the developed world weans itself from fossil fuels. Bad idea but one that holds currency among thoughtful people. best Tony Del Plato
On 4/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > AEM Spring 2008 Seminar > > 401 Warren Hall > May 1, 2:30-4:00 pm > > The Looming $20 Billion Mistake: How the New U.S. Biofuel Legislation > Will > Actually Subsidize Oil Consumption > > Harry de Gorter > Department of Applied Economics and Management > Cornell University > > > Harry de Gorter is involved in deliberations regarding biofuels in the > Doha > negotiations and WTO trade disputes, and is advising the Food and > Agriculture > Organization of the United Nations and the World Bank on issues related > to > the impact of biofuels on food security and global warming. > > Abstract: Recent U.S. energy legislation follows other countries and > imposes > biofuel mandates while maintaining tax credits. The result is that the > intended effects of tax credits are reversed: oil consumption is > subsidized. This > contradicts stated policy goals of reducing dependence on oil and > improving > the environment and rural incomes. The projected taxpayer costs of $20+ > bil. > in 2022 will therefore be pure waste while at the same time increase > pollution, wealth transfers to the Middle East and farm input costs > through higher oil > prices. These insights are independent of the current public outcry over > indirect land use effects and CO2 life-cycle analysis of biofuels. > Meanwhile, > developing countries have lost both ways through intensified food > insecurity > because of the food price spike while not being allowed to attain the > full > benefits because of biofuel import tariffs. This seminar will address the > complex > issues regarding the social costs and benefits of various biofuel > policies > and recommend policy options to better achieve public objectives. > > > ======================================================= > Brian M. Henehan, Senior Extension Associate > Department of Applied Economics and Management (AEM) > 202 Warren Hall Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cornell University Voice: 607-255-8800 > Ithaca, NY 14853-7801 Fax: 607-255-9984 > > Web Page: _http://aem.cornell.edu_ (http://www.aem.cornell.edu/) > ---------------------------------------------------- > Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. > > 607-533-7312 (home office) > 607-279-6618 (cell) > > 1 Maple Avenue > Lansing, NY 14882 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sustainable Tompkins > Program Coordinator > w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) > > Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities > Regional Coordinator > Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County > 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used > car > listings at AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- "The risk it takes to remain tight inside the bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom." Anais Nin _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
