Biofuels 'Like Pouring Vodka Into Beer'

Biofuels could produce twice the carbon emissions of the fossil fuels they replace, environmentalists have claimed.

Friends of the Earth have said rules introduced a year ago requiring a percentage of UK transport fuels to be “green” could have created an extra 1.3 million tonnes of CO2.

Supporters of biofuels said that in the first year of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), the industry had shown it was possible to produce sustainable fuels in the UK.

But Friends of the Earth claim the RTFO could be producing the equivalent emissions of putting an extra 500,000 cars on the road.

Sky News