 Whilst Australian Biofuel Users is an apolitical organisation, we will recommend political parties purely based on our interests from the policies that they produce.
We have requested policy details from all parties in the 2007 Australian Federal Election.
Unfortunately, despite many requests, including direct requests to the Environment Ministers (both acting and shadow), the major parties appear to have no specific policies regarding biofuels and have issued none in reply.
From 32 parties running in the election, only 2 have given us detailed responses. The Australian Greens Party and the Australian Democrats Party have both responded to our questions. Both of these answers seem well considered.
The original questions, can be found here .
The responses are summarised as follows:
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In the Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August, the article entitled Clean-car target is fuel for thought ; Bill Mckinnon writes "There's no future in Australia for biofuels as high-volume alternatives…says David Lamb, leader of CSIRO's research into the viability of future transport technologies". The same David Lamb wrote, A Step to the Future “There are alternatives to petrol and diesel fuel. Alternative fuels that could be used to supplement oil supplies include ethanol, Biodiesel, LPG, CNG, DME, and liquid fuels made by liquefying gas. Hydrogen gas can be used in internal combustion engines and eventually in fuel cells. Australia’s unique abundance of natural gas and the expanse of land that could be used for growing biofuel feedstock are the pointers to a unique Australian solution. … A recent International Energy Agency report shows a comparison of emission reductions offered by alternative fuels. Advanced biofuels – ethanol, DME and Biodiesel show the potential for10% to 50% emission savings and this indicates a short term partial solution. Hydrogen or electricity produced ‘renewably’ could yield similar savings but isn’t available yet, so must be a longer term solution.” |
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Australian Biofuel Users have just commenced operation in 2007 and we look forward to promoting the use of biofuels in Australia in an active way, from a consumer's perspective. Who are we? Please visit the "about us " section to find out. We also have information available on membership in our membership section . We will be expanding the information and resources here shortly as our membership expands. In the mean time, please feel free to visit our other biodiesel communities in Australia from our links section . Please register on the site (free) to be kept up to date of any new developments, or become a member to participate more actively. |
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