Biofuels are Big Con or Are They Our Only Hope for Transport

January 23rd, 2008 by Steve Evans

The UK’s all-party Environmental Audit Committee headed by Tim Yeo said today that the target to more than double the amount of biofuels used in the UK should be scrapped.

Yeo said: “Biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road transport but at present most biofuels have a detrimental impact on the environment overall”.

The committee said fossil fuel used in fertilisers and energy consumed making the fuel from methane negates the benefits. See more at http://anaerobic-digestion-news.blogspot.com/

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