OECD paper says biofuels offer “significant advantages for energy security”

The OECD in an official paper entitled “Special Issue on Climate Change Climate Change Policies: Recent Developments and Long Term Issues” said, “Biofuels may also be used as a replacement for gasoline. In such a capacity they offer significant advantages for energy security as well as possible new potential for agricultural development.”

A draft discussion document prepared for an OECD affiliate, the Round Table on Sustained Development, has been recently attributed to the OECD by numerous media organizations.

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