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• Biofuels and Wto Disciplines

Given the sharp rise in crude oil prices and growing awareness of climate change, the potential of biofuels, particularly of bioethanol, has become an ubiquitous topic of public debate and has induced ambitious policy initiatives. The latter are mostly paired with protectionist measures as the examples of the European Union and the United States show, where domestic producers of energy crops are put at an advantage thanks to subsidisation, direct payments and/or favourable tax schemes. Moreover, the EU is working out a mandatory certification scheme for ethanol imports, imposing social and environmental standards which constitute another hurdle for more efficiently produced ethanol originating in the Southern hemisphere. A similar path is taken by Switzerland's revised mineral oil tax l...

... keyed to an average price of oil of $20/barrel (TYNER 2007). Asia has produced 6.6 bio. litres of...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 63 Num. 1, Mars 2008

• Power crunch: keeping the lights on: blessed with high-energy hydropower, Switzerland may appear to be in a strong position to maintain a secure, low-carbon economy, but business groups warn of a likely energy supply crunch.

...At the very least, it would push up prices and require a rushed programme of expensive, pollu... an all time high price spike of US$147 per barrel in July 2008. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . Many comm...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2010, Février 2010

• What Became of the Food Price Crisis in 2008?

... crude oil prices between 60 and 70 US$ per barrel (von Braun 2007, p. 7), a price level that was rea...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 65 Num. 1, Mars 2010

• Mixed punch from the air: OCOs (overseas contingency operations: Obama-speak for foreign wars) have highlighted some shortcomings in the aerospace assets available to special forces, but future scenarios are generating ever grater challenges.

.... At a unit price of around $ 70,000, the 46-kg Hellfire is a relati...This was to fire a family of barrel-launched munitions and deploy folding-wing, sensor...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 6, Décembre 2009

• Naval craft design under civilian influence: modern naval design and construction techniques are evolving to reduce the final cost of a naval vessel to the taxpayer. These same design and construction techniques are also improving a ship's performance, resilience, service life and environmental impact.

...High fuel prices and concerns over energy security are forcing nava...Also, with fuel climbing to $ 142 per barrel in June this year from around $ 30 per barrel in S...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 6, Décembre 2008

• New grounds--new gear: the AUSA meeting's dual-pronged theme of 'The Army at War--and Transforming,' was clearly evident in the wide-ranging vehicle programmes and technologies on display. The new venue provided unprecendented breathing space for what turned out to be a major focus on the FCS programme.

...Price target is 20 to 40 per cent of a Comanche flyaway ...The 120 mm will feature in-barrel programming, where the 105 is manually set. . Lock...

• Armada International
• Vol. 28 Num. 1, Février 2004