Now motorists can fill their tanks with greener fuels
following the launch of a new initiative. The move is
known as the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO)
and requires 2.5% of all road fuels sold to come from
biofuels, rising to 5% by 2010. Motorists will fill
their vehicles as normal, but the change is expected to
save 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2010.
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