Bio-fuels summit won’t make fuel cheaper
The Petrol summit won’t make petrol cheaper…
Mr Howard played down the possibility of significant price falls as more biofuels - including ethanol-petrol blends and biodiesel - were used.
“We’ve never represented this as being some kind of comprehensive answer to dearer petrol,” he said. “It can make some contribution over time, but it should not be seen as some magical answer.”
…but it will prop up the sugar-cane industry.
