Biofuels in New Zealand – Good, bad or ?
- Paper presented at the NZSSES biofuels forum
- Published: 9 May 2008
Ian Twomey presented a paper to the New Zealand Society of
Sustainability Engineering and Science (NZSSES) biofuels forum.
The paper considers the sustainability of the New Zealand biofuels policy
including - global and local developments in biofuels; the economics of biofuels
versus petroleum fuels; the development of the New Zealand biofuels policy;
biofuel demand limitations; supply availability and how the sustainability
debate might influence decisions around biofuels.
Table of Contents
- About Hale & Twomey
- Biofuels Background
- First a bright future
- Then a disaster
- Why biofuels are important
- Introduction to presentation
- Worldwide biofuel trends and economic drivers
- Global Situation
- Targets
- Ethanol and petrol prices
- Biodiesel, feedstock and diesel prices
- Policy interventions
- New Zealand biofuels policy development
- Key points
- Biofuels sustainability definition
- Demand limitations in use of biofuels
- Supply of biofuels
- Availability and expectations
- Current retail price estimates
- Sustainability framework
- How might biofuels rate on sustainability criteria?
- Assumptions in biofuel bill
- Response (to date) of the petroleum marketers
- Impact of sustainability debate
- Future options
080509-biofuels-good-bad.ppt (PPT 738kB)
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