INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS SOUGHT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL BIOFUEL STANDARDS
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL standards are crucial for the trade in goods, because they allow
importers to have confidence that the foreign product they are buying meets the
specifications they are familiar with at home. So, it may come as some surprise that no
such global standard currently exists as regards the technical definition of biofuels. After
all, biofuels have been around for years and their production and use is now booming
because of concerns about the short and long term security of mineral oils and their
derivatives.
The problem is, ...
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