Petrol and Diesel Vehicles ‘Demonised’ as Experts Call for More Investments in Biofuels

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February 8, 2022

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by Felix Reeves (Express) MORE investment is needed into biofuels to help lower emissions despite petrol and diesel vehicles being “demonised”, according to one expert. — The Government has been urged to consider using sustainable fuels in its journey towards electrification, despite the 2030 ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles.

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By gradually switching to biofuels, more than 130 million tonnes of CO2 could be saved by 2030, while infrastructure for electric vehicles continues to develop.

Steve Sapsford, consultant for Coryton, said more needed to be done to incentivise other options to reduce vehicle emissions.

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, he said: “For me, electrification for passenger cars is the right trajectory, that is what we should be doing in my view.

“What I don’t quite understand is why we’re steadfastly ignoring the existing fleet.

“There’s a lot of cars and we don’t have to switch everything to a sustainable fuel straight away.

“Just do it in steps over a few years. Multiply up by the number of vehicles and you get some significant greenhouse gas savings.

“But nobody is going to invest in that at the moment because we’ve demonised the internal combustion engine and burning things in engines.

“We need to scale up to drive volumes up and prices down. READ MORE

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