AGRICULTURE NEWS - Countries in Europe are increasingly relying on crop biofuels to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the region’s transport industry.
It was hoped that blending crop biofuels made from plants such as canola, wheat, maize and palm oil, with diesel and petrol would reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels and cut CO2 emissions, a new report on a study commissioned by Environmental Action Germany (DUH) said.
According to Euronews, transport accounted for almost a quarter of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, with road transport specifically estimated to be responsible for 70% of all emissions from the sector.
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