US EditionBiofuels Branded a ‘Terrible Climate Solution’ – Higher Emissions than Oil
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Biofuels emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels they replace, new research shows. Doubts about this fuel have long been expressed, particularly among environmental organizations.
Despite its name, biofuel remains primarily a polluting fuel. Its global production emits 16% more CO2 than the fossil fuels it is designed to replace, according to a report commissioned by the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E). This pollution is due to the indirect effects of agriculture and the deforestation required to produce it. According to this report, growing plants to be burned as fuel occupies 32 million (…) Read …
With their indirect effects on agriculture and deforestation, first-generation biofuels pollute more than fossil fuels, warns the NGO Transport & Environment
Biofuels branded a ‘terrible climate solution’ – higher emissions than oil
Biofuel, and its variants including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), bio-diesel and bio-based marine fuels such as fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), are thought to have worse final CO2 emissions than fossil fuels, according to new research by Cerulogy. Conducted on behalf of activist group Transport & Environment (T&E), the study’s findings corroborate major concerns over the land, water and resource use of crop biofuels. By far the largest demand…
T&E: 'Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels they replace'
Global biofuels emit 16% more CO2 than the fossil fuels they replace, due to the indirect impacts of farming and deforestation, a new Cerulogy report on behalf of T&E shows. By 2030, biofuels are projected to emit 70 Mt CO₂e more than the fossil fuels they replace, equivalent to the annual emissions of almost 30 million diesel cars. Today, growing crops to be burned as fuel uses up 32 million hectares of land – roughly the size of Italy – to mee…
Published at the beginning of October 2025, the Transport & Environment (T&E) report makes a serious observation: biofuels, although presented for two decades as key solutions for the energy transition, do not reduce CO2 emissions in European road transport. On the contrary, the study shows that they could, on average, increase overall emissions by 16% compared to fossil fuels, once the indirect effects of land use are integrated.
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