Once the finer details of the plan are decided, the government will approve the final draft of a biofuels industry strategy by the end of the year, says Business Report.

It will consider how to avoid using productive farmland to produce fuel and whether blended fuel will cost less than petroleum-based fuel. Government spokesperson Themba Maseko mirrored points raised by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel at the recent Group of 20 summit, where he expressed concern at rocketing food prices, driven by farmland being used to produce biofuel. Under a draft plan produced a year ago it was reported that 75% of the country's renewable energy target would be met by biofuels. A draft of the strategy states that this is achievable ‘without excessive support by utilising surplus agricultural capacity’.
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