Driving future fuel developments

摘要

In February, the UK's Secretary of State for Transport Ruth Kelly invited the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) to undertake a review of the indirect effects of bio-fuels. This was done in the light of new evidence suggesting that an increasing demand for biof uels might indirectly cause carbon emissions to rise because of land use change, and concerns that demand for biofuels may be driving food insecurity by causing food commodity price increases. The resulting Gallagher Review was published on 7 July. It confirmed the important role that sustainable biofuels will play as part of a low carbon transport future that will help to tackle climate change, and also concluded that there is sufficient land to provide both food and fuel -albeit with a number of caveats.