Dominic worked 47 years in the oil industry, the last 12 of which as director of the VNPI (branch organiasation representing the 10 major oil companies operating in the NL). In 2002 they were confronted with a Brussels directive to introduce biofuels, and argued that biofuels introduced threats to world food prices, to biodiversity, to land use, and would not help in reducing CO2 output. In his talk, Dominic discusses why biofuels are not the direction we need to take.
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