Is biodiesel what German motorists call “Biosprit”?
No. Biodiesel is not “Biosprit”. “Biosprit” means the bioethanol that is blended with petrol/gasoline. At the moment, the maximum blending quota of bioethanol is five per cent. Environment minister Gabriel cancelled the doubling of this proportion in April 2008 because too few cars could handle the higher bioethanol blend. Biodiesel on the other hand is blended with fossil diesel, currently at five per cent. This figure will be increased to seven per cent at the start of 2009. The German government’s “Biofuels Roadmap” calls for a ten per cent blend with effect from 2010.
