European Union pulls back on biofuels target

AP via Houston Chronicle ^ | Sept. 11, 2008 | Associated Press

[thackney]

EU lawmakers have voted to scale back ambitious biofuels targets, cutting the goal for use of crop-based fuel by half to 5 percent of road transport needs by 2020.

The vote by the European Parliament's industry committee deals a blow to a climate change package agreed to by EU governments meant to meet international promises to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

[Red Badger]

Globull Warming meets food reality...............

[businessprofessor]

The rats should pay careful attention here. Our biofuel mandates are insanity. The European left (or at least the ruling bureaucrats) have some sanity. The left here is insane on energy policy.

[rusty millet]

I toured a cellulosic ethanol plant yesterday. Making a long story short - about 8 months and multiple energy intentive inputs were required to produce 10 gallons of gas. Tried to do a quick calculation, and estimated it cost about $4000 per gallon.

We’ve got a ways to go.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !