France OKs Biofuel

Biofuels have been approved for commercial sale in France as of 1 January 2007, says the French Finance Ministry. The plan calls for new pumps to be installed at between 500 and 600 points of sale before the end of the year. According to Le Monde, “green fuel” containing up to 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline should be available in “stations-service classiques” by September.

“The French government thereby hopes to bring biofuel’s share of total fuel consumption to 5.75 percent in 2008 and 7 percent in 2010,” Le Monde reports.
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