Wednesday, April 13, 2011

EU Biofuel Targets are ‘Unethical’, says Bioethics Council


Image: EU Flag, public domain. If You Do It, Do It Right The European Union's Renewable Energy Directive aims for 10% of transportation fuels in Europe to be biofuels by 2020. As we pointed out many times, there are lots of problems with the current crop of biofuels, most of which are made from plants that would otherwise be used as food.

Image: EU Flag, public domain. If You Do It, Do It Right The European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive aims for 10% of transportation fuels in Europe to be biofuels by 2020. As we pointed out many times, there are lots of problems with the current crop of biofuels, most of which are made from plants that would otherwise be used as food.


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EU Biofuel Targets are ‘Unethical’, says Bioethics Council


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