Germany must make a more concentrated effort to achieve the environmental protection targets set out in the Kyoto Protocol. Road traffic plays a significant role in the level of CO2 emissions. Using bioethanol in fuel can lower the level of CO2 emissions. Having said this, the use of biomass energy is still a controversial subject. The German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Nutrition and Agriculture (BMVEL) had asked a consortium headed by meó consulting to investigate this subject and present an economic and ecological evaluation of the use of bioethanol in fuels. The report is available as pdf download file.
