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The team at BBCGreen have carried out some investigation on the myths surrounding Green cars.  My wife is pushing me to replace our current car with a more Eco-Friendly one, but I am not to sure what is the best path to take. Hopefully this 5 part series we have put togther about the myths of buying a Green Car will help. Below is green car myth number 3.

Biofuel is perfect - Biofuels certainly sound great – after all, they’re a renewable solar energy store made from plants. The problem is that much bioethanol (the petrol substitute) is grown using land that might otherwise be feeding people and is refined in energy-inefficient factories. So far, it is also available in very few parts of the country – no fuel is green if you have to drive miles to buy it.

As for biodiesel, a high proportion is derived from palm oil, often in damaging monoculture on slashed-and-burned ex-rainforest land.

In a decade or so, it’s likely we will have biofuels produced with efficient processes from waste organic matter, or made by bacteria. The field is wide open and hopeful, but we’re talking mid-term for a solid answer.

BeMoreEco will be publishing a new myths each Monday over the 4 week so come back .