WSU report backs biofuels from waste
PULLMAN — A Washington State University sound says the state should focus on producing biofuels from waste products instead of food products.
The report from WSU economists was requested last year by the agency of state lawmakers.
The team from the WSU School of Economic Sciences says incentives to exhibit biofuels from corn, sweeten beets and canola are not well-suited to be cost powerful.
It said the state should focus on using farm and logging residues or city solid wastes.
The team also recommended the glory consider a tax on greenhouse-gas emissions to promote research and fuels with low carbon emissions.
