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On the surface, then, all would appear to be well for the future. Public support for science and technology appears to be strong, policy makers are crediting our investments in science and technology for the current economic prosperity, and even the Congress has put aside its usual partisan squabbling and agreed on the importance of science investments. So, should we have any concerns about the nation s future prosperity ... 

A combination of the controversial nature of some areas of biotechnological innovation and a general distrust of commercially driven research are two factors that will influence public support and policy setting for both the private research sector and the public research sector. Patent pools may be a potential solution for maintaining public confidence in the research enterprise [42]. 

The main questions that need to be considered for matty intensive agricultural and urban areas are How do we confront cmrent contaminated conditions and protect that portion of the resomce which has yet to be compromised The answer to both questions lies in public policy to support the reasoned stewardship of the resource and bringing to bear the best available technologies to protect and remediate known contamination sources and plumes. 

Build business constituency for public policies that support sustainable business. 

Researchers often use the terms acceptance and acceptability interchangeably, along with terms such as social acceptance and public support. There is little consensus as to their definition and how the concepts should be measured (Regan et al., 2006 Vlassenroot et al., 2006). It is recognised, however, that these constructs play an important role in managing and changing road users behaviour policy makers in particular are acutely aware of the need for public support if a measure is to be successful. 

Given the weight of the evidence, one wonders why PMVTs exist and persist. Obviously, they do not serve the public safety or the public interest. Sutter and Poitras (2002) analyzed this policy issue and concluded - that unlike many other policies that support special interest groups (like the automotive or repair industry) - this policy supports neither public nor special-interest groups. Their conclusion was therefore that it remains in effect simply due to political transactions costs (A similar rationale appears to be the requirement for the use of running daylights in countries of lower latitudes such as Israel). 

Pavitt, K.L.R. 2001. Public policies to support basic research What can the rest of the world learn from the US theory and practice (And what they should not learn). Industrial and Corporate Change. 10 761-779. 

American public support has turned its attention to third-generation biofuels (eg, biomass/cellulose based biofuels), sustaining numerous projects. Excise tax credits ( 1.00/gallon biodiesel tax credit for producers or blenders of pure biodiesel and biodiesel from biomass) and import tariffs are mainly used as instmments for biofuels support across States (U.S. Department of Energy, 2015). The support policy for biofuels in the United States tends to apply low tariffs on imported biofuels commodities. Tariffs on ethanol are, for example, the equivalent of 1.2—2.5% from countries outside NAFTA. Blending practices are also notably applied to favor the reexport of biofuel commodities, in particular to the European Union. 

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