EurActiv.com: Biofuels for transport

The EU is promoting the use of biofuels as an alternative energy source for transport. In 2003, it set itself an indicative target of increasing the use of biofuels in energy consumption to 5.75% by 2010. But a 2007 progress report shows that it will likely only achieve a 4.2% biofuels share in that year. Therefore, the Commission proposed in its 2007 "Energy Package" to step up its effort and demanded a mandatory target of 10% by 2020.

If I remember correctly, the EU's entire oil seed production wasn't sufficient to meet the 6% biodiesel target (assuming 1:1 ratio of replacement of diesel with biodiesel and no demand increase to 2020).

This is madness.

It'd be nice if the battle were only against the right wingers, not half of the left on top of that — François in Paris