BY DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE
W
hen Ferrari’s Formula 1 drivers
nabbed first and second place in
last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix they
had a little something extra in their fuel tanks
— lignocellulosic, or ‘second-generation’ biofuel.
Even the high-octane...
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BY DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE
W
hen Ferrari’s Formula 1 drivers
nabbed first and second place in
last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix they
had a little something extra in their fuel tanks
— lignocellulosic, or ‘second-generation’ biofuel.
Even the high-octane world of F1 racing
has woken up to the reality of dwindling oil
reservesandthethreatofclimatechange.
Since
2008,theruleshavestatedthatatleast5.
75%of
all Formula 1 fuel must be derived from plants.
But the fuel in Ferrari’s tank is different.
Made
from the non-edible parts of plants, Ferrari’s
fuel additive demonstrates just one of the ways
in which biofuels can meet our energy needs
without reducing food production.
Recent rises in food prices are some of the
sharpest since records began, according to the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of
the United Nations.
These increases have been
attributedtothegrowinguseof‘first-generation’
biofuels, derived from the edible parts of food
crops such as sugar cane
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