Abstract
We investigate the economic and employment consequences of introducing a new sugarcane-based biofuel industry into Australia. We model the new biofuel industry on the production recipe of the existing large-scale gasoalcohol and alcohol sectors in the Brazilian economy. To this end we utilise a hybrid IO-LCA (input-output life cycle assessment) approach, which involves inserting data on new processes and/or sectors into an existing IO table. In particular, we develop and test an analytical and a numerical approach for re-balancing an IO table augmented with rows and columns representing large new biofuel industries. We quantify changes in economic output and employment in the Australian economy. We conclude that a future biofuel industry will be employment-positive for Australia. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 84-93 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Ecological Economics |
Volume | 107 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov-2014 |
Keywords
- Input-output analysis
- Hybrid LCA
- Biofuel
- Ethanol
- Sugarcane
- Employment
- ETHANOL-PRODUCTION
- WIND POWER
- EMISSIONS
- BIOFUELS
- MODEL
- TECHNOLOGIES
- INFORMATION
- INVENTORY
- SUGARCANE
- FRAMEWORK