Why Europe still needs renewable ethanol
Under almost any scenario, including those foreseen by the European Commission, the EU car fleet will continue to need low-carbon liquid fuels like renewable ethanol
ePURE Secretary-General Emmanuel Desplechin writes in Ethanol Producer Magazine: "As pressure to make real progress in the fight against climate change mounts in Europe, there has been increasing talk of banning the internal combustion engine for passenger cars. But don’t start writing any automotive obituaries before stopping for a reality check: Under almost any scenario, including those foreseen by the European Commission, the EU car fleet will continue to need low-carbon liquid fuels like renewable ethanol."
"The EU is in the middle of a massive re-thinking of its energy and climate policies, including transport decarbonisation. To succeed, it must resist the temptation to follow overly dramatic, technology-du-jour solutions such as imposing an immediate switch from internal combustion to electric vehicle power trains, driven by a restrictive approach that considers only tailpipe emissions and misleadingly labels electromobility as emissions-free."
