Many discussions revolve around the use of biofuels in France at the moment. According to the Directive 2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2003 to promote the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport, EU member states are required to replace conventional fuels by biofuels at the height of 2% of the total mass of fuel to December 31, 2005, 5.75% for December 31, 2010 and 20% for December 31, 2020. However, the french government seems to have made a choice among various possible solutions: Ethanol / E85, Biodiesel, and gas in many forms. (LPG → Liquefied Petroleum Gases, CNG → Natural Gas Vehicle).
There is only referring to the last official report on biofuels, the report of the working group to support the development of the sector E85 (abbreviated Prost "Report"), the government has clearly opted for the E85. It is a mixture of 85% ethanol, an alcohol made from beet or cereals, and 15% gasoline. The cars using this fuel have a flex-fuel engine. One of the arguments in favour of the E85 from the authors of the report is that, with this engine, the vehicle can operate with either pure ethanol, gasoline or any mixture of both. In addition they bring to the forefront the issue of reduced greenhouse gases and speak of an energy independence.
But experts have argued about opportunities to meet the needs of entire fuel for transport in France. Prost Thus, the report cites that "the only exports of cereals and sugar beet is equivalent to about 71% of needs in the car petrol '. After this there is the question of what happens with the rest of the French economy (truck companies, for example). Does production capacity sufficient? Other people like Peter Perbos, Administrator of Climate Action Network (CARs), France, in charge of the transport sector made it clear that "if you wanted to reduce by 10% the amount of oil used in the road transport sector (30 million PET diesel, 12 2004), by replacing biofuels would require 5.5 million hectares for the cultivation of rapeseed, 2.6 million for that of wheat, or 8.1 million , ie half of the arable land. " It should not be forgotten that the E85 has a power energy per litre less than 30% of petrol and 36% of that of diesel, which implies an increase in the consumption of vehicles. Different studies have shown varied results concerning the emission of greenhouse gases from E85 compared with other biofuels such as biodiesel or vegetable oil flow.
But the question arises whether the government has made the right choice by focusing on E85? There is certainly a solution among many others but it is not the sole, and especially not the best in the long run
There is only referring to the last official report on biofuels, the report of the working group to support the development of the sector E85 (abbreviated Prost "Report"), the government has clearly opted for the E85. It is a mixture of 85% ethanol, an alcohol made from beet or cereals, and 15% gasoline. The cars using this fuel have a flex-fuel engine. One of the arguments in favour of the E85 from the authors of the report is that, with this engine, the vehicle can operate with either pure ethanol, gasoline or any mixture of both. In addition they bring to the forefront the issue of reduced greenhouse gases and speak of an energy independence.
But experts have argued about opportunities to meet the needs of entire fuel for transport in France. Prost Thus, the report cites that "the only exports of cereals and sugar beet is equivalent to about 71% of needs in the car petrol '. After this there is the question of what happens with the rest of the French economy (truck companies, for example). Does production capacity sufficient? Other people like Peter Perbos, Administrator of Climate Action Network (CARs), France, in charge of the transport sector made it clear that "if you wanted to reduce by 10% the amount of oil used in the road transport sector (30 million PET diesel, 12 2004), by replacing biofuels would require 5.5 million hectares for the cultivation of rapeseed, 2.6 million for that of wheat, or 8.1 million , ie half of the arable land. " It should not be forgotten that the E85 has a power energy per litre less than 30% of petrol and 36% of that of diesel, which implies an increase in the consumption of vehicles. Different studies have shown varied results concerning the emission of greenhouse gases from E85 compared with other biofuels such as biodiesel or vegetable oil flow.
But the question arises whether the government has made the right choice by focusing on E85? There is certainly a solution among many others but it is not the sole, and especially not the best in the long run
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