The German government has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its plans to lead a worldwide biofuels revolution on the roads after the discovery that too many cars would be unable to run on the proposed ethanol-petrol mix. The environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, had planned to introduce the new fuel to motorists next year. It is known as E-10, and 90% of it would consist of petrol and the rest of ethanol.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/germany-drops-roadmap-biofuels-cars
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethanol
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-quality
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cars
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/germany
