An idea whose time had come: an exploratory analysis of ethanol's rise to agenda prominence in the United States

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An idea whose time had come: an exploratory analysis of ethanol's rise to agenda prominence in the United States

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This work investigates the question, “what made ethanol’s time come when it did?” The case examined is the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-158), a landmark public policy law implemented in the United States to address the nation’s energy concerns. The Act’s emphasis on ethanol as a central part of the solution to address the energy crisis represented perhaps the most significant single policy shift in the history of the nation’s energy programme. This research draws attention to the proce...

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Masters

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2011

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6585

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Biofuel / ethanol / agenda setting / Kingdon / Energy Policy Act 2005

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