Biofuels make sense - but only if they are sustainable: The UK's Minister of Transport, Stephen Ladyman, comments on recent biofuels targets and the impact of the RTFO

31st January, 2007

Much has been written recently about biofuels and sustainability. Sadly, much of it is wrong.

Over the past few months, the government has come in for a fair degree of criticism for moving too far, too fast, in setting targets for biofuels under the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO).

Several commentators – including some of the same environmental groups who previously criticised us for not doing more to promote biofuels – have argued that by setting a 5% target for the amount of road transport biofuels we use in the UK by 2010, we are in danger of creating an environmental and humanitarian disaster.

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