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K BioBreak Model: Assumptions for Willingness to Accept T his appendix provides detail on the assumptions and references used to calculate Willingness to Accept (WTA) in the BioBreak model, discussed in Box 4-2 in Chapter 4.
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342 APPENDIX K vital soil nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Biomass suppliers will incorporate the costs of soil damage and nutrient loss from biomass collection into the minimum price they are willing to accept.
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343 APPENDIX K woody biomass. Alfalfa was assumed to be harvested once during the first year and three times during the second year at a cost of $55 per acre per harvest.
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344 APPENDIX K below. 6 Average distance (D)
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345 APPENDIX K Given research estimates, switchgrass establishment and seeding costs were based on a $250 per acre cost, amortized over 10 years at 10 percent to yield a mean value of $40 per acre in all regions. Miscanthus was assumed to have a mean value of $150 per acre per year mean establishment costs based on a total cost of $1,250 per acre amortized over 20 years at 10 percent.
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346 APPENDIX K Biomass Yield (YB) The final parameter in the BioBreak model is biomass yield per acre of land.
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347 APPENDIX K conditions for switchgrass and Miscanthus with assumed mean (likeliest) yields of 6 (5)
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348 APPENDIX K Cubbage, F., S Koesbandana, P
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349 APPENDIX K Kumar, A., J.B. Cameron, and P.C.
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350 APPENDIX K Sanderson, M.A.
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