A European Declaration of Independence
ePURE's David Carpintero writes in Ethanol Producer Magazine: "As dramatic geopolitical repositioning requires Europe to think more about its resilience, competitiveness and independence, there has never been a more important time for the EU to adopt policies that make the best use of strategic domestic assets.
"This includes European ethanol biorefineries, which help the EU to realize its ambitions for climate change mitigation as well as energy independence, food security, and agricultural and industrial autonomy.
"But EU policies affecting crop-based biofuels, such as renewable ethanol, are inconsistent and counterproductive to achieving these goals. In fact, the European Commission’s own statistics every year confirm that uptake of renewables in transport is being hindered by unfounded discrimination against crop-based biofuels, leaving the EU needlessly over-reliant on fossil fuels."
