Posts by Terry de Winne

Are biofuels Europe's sh*ttiest idea ever?

Biofuels

Climate change is a red herring - if you want the right answer, you must ask the right question.

What are we going to do when the oil runs out, Daddy?

UK electric car funding - another subsidy for the rich say MPs

Here we go again!

A re-run of the failed Powershift scheme of some 10 years back. But that included gas conversions - useful for all the soft toy salesmen belting up the motorways!

Has nobody thought of solving the most inefficient use of fossil fuels known to man - the postal service? My postman travels 31 miles on his daily route - well within cheaper the lead acid battery range - and spends most of his time either accelerating, braking or ticking over whilst he delivers.

Royal Society: UK gov needs to grow a biofuels policy

Biofuels

This is absolute rubbish and demonstrates total ignorance, both of the subject and the RTFO legislation. We have spent the past 18 months considering both the sustainability and carbon savings of this move to replace at least some of the unsustainable transport fuel that is being used.

Nobody - nowhere - has claimed that biofuels are the 'silver bullet' that will keep society mobile. Globally, they can supply only 10% of the energy required, even at todays rate of consumption.

What would the Royal Society advocate in lieu of diminishing oil supplies? No response is anticipated, same as World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace and other alleged environmental organisations. George Monbiot included!

'Biofuels ... may actually damage the environment' is not a scientific analysis, but an ill-informed subjective view - I expect more from supposed scientists.

Terry de Winne

Allied Biodiesel Industries (UK)