Germany Gives Up On Auto Biofuel

German has given up on a proposed plan for auto biofuel. The reason was simple. They didn’t feel that it was the right solution for millions of German vehicles.

The news dealt a blow to ‘green fuels’ which have been seen as a way to reduce global warming but which have also been criticised by some ecologists and the German automobile club.

The E10 project was supposed to ensure that 10 percent of petrol used by cars and light trucks in Germany was comprised of ethanol so as to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

But the new fuel was found to be more corrosive than traditional petrol and threatened to wear out certain engine parts too quickly, in particular in cars that were more than 15 years old.

Many drivers would have had to switch to more expensive Super-Plus petrol.

It’s back to the old drawing board in German.