[Gllug] VOT: Family Cars

[paul at ma1.se]

John Hearns wrote:

> Re. biodiesel figures, I knew Google was my friend.
> 
> http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/02-03/biofuels/quant_biodiesel.htm 
> 
> Using 644,000 hectares of land in the UK would produce 4% of our current 
>     diesel consumption.
> 
> The total land area of the UK is  24 482 000 hectares
> So that's 65% of our land area just to supply us with diesel.
> (Yes, I know - grow the stuff in sparsely inhabited areas and take it in 
> by tanker)

I think the EU is only looking to increase the share of biofuels in 
diesel and gasoline to 5.75% by 2010! (was 0.6% in 2002). Directive 
2003/30/EC

I think the answer is lots of small changes over time.

Paul Lee
www.ma1.se

-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug