POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY BIOFUELS CAUSING GLOBAL RETHINK ON PRODUCTION PROCESSES
December 1st, 2007
BY MARK ROWE
WHICHEVER way you look, the oil and gas sector is investing in biofuels. The larger energy companies - driven by an eye for a new and potentially lucrative market as well as shareholder concern and governmental and international political pressure - are investigating both first and second generation biofuels.
Last autumn, BP sponsored a conference on biodiesel in Newark, Lincolnshire, England, while all major oil and gas companies, supported by approving nods from national governments, are engaged in research and development on the subject. Dutch ...
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