PAUL KEETCH, MP for Hereford, in the rural heartland of England, suggests
that a diesel fuel substitute produced from renewable sources such as vegetable
oils and animal fats could help Britain to achieve its aim of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2012.
Keith Hill, the junior transport minister, responded positively, agreeing
that many alternative road fuels offer significant environmental benefits. The
government is keen to encourage their wider use wherever it is cost-effective to
do so. He agreed that bio-diesel can reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared
with ordinary diesel. “We shall keep its potential under review,”…
