Inseguridad energética y gestión de recursos naturales estratégicos: Análisis de la política de biocombustibles en argentina en el contexto global

Abstract

Our guide question on this paper is: does Argentina’s biofuel policy mean a solution to its energy security problem? Regarding this, firstly, we considered an analysis based in both international and national contexts. We included a description of several factors as the flow of international energetic resources (oil), the rise of developing countries, price volatility and its relation to international conflicts. Under this framework, we emphasized in the international context the cases of the United States, the European Union and Brazil. Additionally, we identified in a national context, the relevance of sectorial interests, the actors involved, inner policy and we included the exploitation of natural resources ant its consequences. In both levels, we first identified 3 categories framed in a temporal dimension: structure, circumstances and events. Secondly, we considered conceptually an “energy insecurity” dimension to describe possible sequences of an energy context (from crisis to a situation of full security as possible extremes). Finally, we focused on the “strategic natural resources” because they are exploited to satisfy the energy demand. Those conceptual-theoretical tools are used to analyze the Argentina’s biofuel situation from the international relations discipline.