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