The Fraud of Biofuel

 

Shrub and other energy saving opponents like ethanol and other biofuels.

It still allows them to keep their gas-guzzlers, but show to some of the world that they are green. An article this week in the Independent called The Big Green Fuel Lie summed it up completely.

Growing plants for fuel is a stupid idea. It destroys the environment, by creating large mono-cultures which are not good for anybody and especially wild-life. But they also put up fuel prices, which give the poor countries of this world even more problems.

I have a Jaguar X-Type estate that does over 40 mpg on diesel. Some of the 4x4's like a Porsche Cayenne are unlikely to do better than about 18 mpg on petrol and they don't offer a more ecnomical option.

A better solution would be to impose a limit on the minimum fuel consumption of a vehicle before it can be sold.