Check out this press release from the Royal Society of Chemistry:
Pressure from those with vested interests, including farmers and biofuel manufacturers, plus muddled planning by decision-makers, threaten to take the country down an energy supply dead-end, said the chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry today.
Richard Pike called for restraint on the promotion of biofuel as the simple answer to Britain’s future fuel demands and urged clear debate and sounder legislation to make sure that the right answers are found to the challenges ahead.
“Future historians may ultimately see the biofuels of the early twenty-first century as a technological dead-end,” said Dr Pike.
“We have to bear in mind that the 80 tonnes of kerosene used for a one-way commercial flight to New York is equivalent to the annual biofuel yield from an area of approximately 30 football pitches.“
(emphasis mine)
It should come as little or no surprise that:
The UN’s new top adviser on food has urged a freeze on biofuel investment, saying the blind pursuit of the policy is “irresponsible”.
(yes, I get my news from Colbert)
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