“Biofuels: Dispensable evil”
Süddeutsche Zeitung
The “well-meant experiment” to protect the climate by using biofuels in Germany and other EU countries has failed, writes Silvia Liebrich in an opinion piece in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. “There is no reason to continue to cling to blending quotas, as long as no alternative is in sight,” writes Liebrich. The large-scale cultivation of plants used for fuels has led to deforestation, which in turn has led to more greenhouse gas emissions than if regular diesel had been used, writes Liebrich. At the same time, many of the plants were needed to feed the world’s growing population.
Read the article in German here.
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