Canada Approves Biofuels

Despite growing concerns about the connection between biofuels and the current world hunger crisis, Canada's plan to ensure that gasoline contains 5 percent ethanol by 2010 and diesel to contain 2 percent renewable fuels by 2012,has passed in the House of Commons.

According to an article on Reuters, Canada has 16 ethanol plants using corn and wheat built or under construction, according to industry data, with a total capacity of 1.6 billion liters.

There are currently three biodiesel plants with a combined capacity of 97 million liters, mainly using animal fats. A plant that would produce 225 million liters of biodiesel from canola oil is under construction in Alberta.

The Conservative House must still finalize the plan, but it most likely will, before it goes through the Liberal-dominated Senate.