Save the planet – by taking your car on an alcohol-fuelled jaunt

Some British cars will soon fill up with ‘petrol’ made from sugar cane. It’s a modest first step on the road to cutting carbon emissions, writes Robin McKie.
Not much to go on, you might think. However, for many engineers and green campaigners the experiment represents the tip of a very promising iceberg. According to some analysts, Europe has the potential to provide 40 per cent of the fuel it needs for transport from ethanol fermented from crops and biodegradable waste, suggesting a massive opportunity for nations to reduce outputs of global warming gases.

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