Reply To: E10 petrol launches in September

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Clipped wings

    For anyone interested in our so called eco petrol additive, Countryfile this evening had a report on sugar beet. No mention of it ending up as a fuel additive, but about a blight affecting crops Yellow something, that reduces the foliage and thus produces a much lower yield by absorbing much less CO2. There goes the eco spin. It gets worse. Panicked by the much reduced yields, the government have allowed the use of a banned insecticide that kills bees. Neonic ? So much for for your eco boasts, Doris! Grow food to burn in ice cars, and wipe out our endangered bees in the process. Not to worry, they are guided by the science! Obama did the same with corn to fuel those millions of V8s produced in Detroit, and the Brazilians are decimating the CO2 absorbing Amazon rainforest to plant palm oil. Same in Borneo etc. It is not going to end well, imho.