Bio-fuels energy policy and grain transportation flows : implications for inland waterways and short sea shipping.
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2010-09-15
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Abstract:This project develops a foundation for analysis of the effects of U.S. biofuel energy policy on domestic
and international grain flows and patterns. The primary deliverable of this project is an updated and
expanded spatial equilibrium model of world grain economy. The updated model reflects recent changes
in the dynamics of grain production, consumption, and transportation particularly in reaction to explosive
growth of the biofuel market in the U.S. An improved and modified spatial equilibrium model will be
extremely useful in addressing a variety of questions with respect to transportation infrastructure, traffic
congestion, and international trade issues. In particular, principal investigators plan to use the improved
model as a platform for future research in order to gain insight into potential long‐term effects of the
current energy policy on grain and biofuel‐related transportation flows on inland waterways, outline
requirements and justifications for targeted development of transportation infrastructure in order to
mitigate projected traffic congestion, and examine potential opportunities for switching rail and trucktransported
commerce on North American transport corridors to the inland and intra‐coastal waterways.
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