Number: RL33928
Title: Ethanol and Biofuels: Agriculture, Infrastructure, and Market Constraints Related to Expanded Production
Authors: Brent D. Yacobucci and Randy Schnepf, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Issues facing the U.S. biofuels industry include potential agricultural "feedstock" supplies, and the associated market and environmental effects of a major shift in U.S. agricultural production; the energy supply needed to grow feedstocks and process them into fuel; and barriers to expanded infrastructure needed to deliver more and more biofuels to the market. This report outlines some of the current supply issues facing biofuels industries, including the limitations on agricultural feedstocks, infrastructure constraints, energy supply for biofuel production, and fuel price uncertainties.
Pages: 13
Date: March 16, 2007