Zimbabwe: Impact of Biofuels Needs Validation

31 March 2014

But as the biofuels crusade heated up in Zimbabwe last year backed by high economic and environmental concerns, Mr Murehwa had his small car fitted with a conversion system from Green Fuel that allows for use of ethanol-blended fuels. However, a few months later, the taxi driver has dumped ethanol-blended fuels after the 270km visit to his rural home in Gutu, Masvingo on E85 in February proved wasteful, renewing simmering worries on the true socio-economic impacts of biofuels.

"Compared to unleaded (petrol), the ethanol blend is used up fast. I am not going back to ethanol," charged Mr Murehwa in an interview last week.

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