NFU backs balanced report on biofuels

The NFU has given its backing to the conclusions of a recent Royal Society report on sustainable biofuels.

The report calls on the Government to put policies in place that will ensure biofuels make the maximum contribution of which they are capable to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and that they do not cause new environmental or social problems.

Commenting on the report NFU president Peter Kendall said,“This is a balanced and objective assessment of the potential of biofuels to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and provides a sound basis for further debate on this important subject.

“Transport is responsible for a massive 25% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, and biofuels are at present the only game in town as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels for cars, lorries, and domestic air travel.

“That is why it is so important the technology is developed, and we unreservedly support the report’s recommendations that the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation should be extended to 20 years, in order to stimulate the necessary long-term investment, and that it should be under-pinned by a greater commitment to research and development.

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