Ethanol as an Australian transport fuel

AIP, through this study paper concludes that the expenditure and effort required to establish a large scale ethanol industry in Australia is uneconomic. A cost subsidy, in the order of $720 million per year, plus additional handling expenses and significant technical problems are not offset by the small and uncertain environmental gains, the attainment of limited self- sufficiency and the establishment of a new industry and infrastructure focused and dependent on one product. The introduction of ethanol as a contributor to the Australian fuel market is a possible alternative but as outlined in this paper it is not considered a probable outcome. A consideration of the economic and environmental incentives necessary to develop an agriculturally based transport fuel industry indicates that any advantages are substantially outweighed by the costs and technical problems.

• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Institute of Petroleum (AIP)

  ,    
• Publication Date: 1991-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 22p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Benefit cost analysis; Ethanol; Fuels; Highway transportation; Policy; Technology; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Alternative fuel; Cost benefit analysis; Ethanol; Fuel; Fuel economics; Policy; Road transport; Technology; Transport
• Subject Areas: Energy; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01432796
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 5:13PM