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COST OF PUBLIC SUPPORT VS. RETURN FOR MONEY PUBLIC SUPPORT

BETWEEN €9.3 BILLION AND €10.7 BILLION PER YEAR SUPPORT THROUGH TAX EXEMPTIONS (€5.8 billion) CONSUMPTION MANDATES

WHO PAYS CITIZENS DRIVERS

RETURN FOR MONEY INCREASED CO2 EMISSIONS

CO2

of 31 and 65 million tonnes of CO2 per year for bioethanol and biodiesel

(€736 million for ethanol and €4.2 billion for biodiesel)

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING (€52 million)

Farmers Biofuels industry Buying imported feedstock

ADDITIONAL CARS ON EUROPEAN ROADS JOBS

EU AND NATIONAL BUDGETS

SPENT ON

PUTTING BETWEEN 14 AND 29 MILLION

LOSS OF BIOVERSITY

A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL

85% reduction in biodiversity on land converted for biofuels

Equivalent to output from 2-3 conventional oil refineries

FEW JOBS 3.500 jobs at refineries


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