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Nuffield Council on Bioethics » Previous projects » Biofuels » Chapter downloads
Biofuels
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  • Introduction
  • Why do we need biofuels?
  • Current biofuels
  • New approaches
  • Ethics
  • Principle 1: Human rights
  • Principle 2: Environmental sustainability
  • Principle 3: Climate change
  • Principle 4: Just reward
  • Principle 5: Equitable distribution
  • Principle 6: An ethical duty?
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Chapter downloads

You can download the individual chapters of this report using the links below. (All files are PDFs and less than 1 MB)

Executive summary

Chapter 1 - Why biofuels? Drivers for biofuels production

Chapter 2 - How did we get here? The story of biofuels

Chapter 3 - New biofuels - scientific developments

Chapter 4 - Ethical framework

Chapter 5 - Ethical Principles and biofuels policy

Chapter 6 - Biofuels and the bigger picture

Next: Introduction

See also

  • Council gives Select Committee evidence on bioenergy
  • Biofuels - Biofuels consultation responses
  • New teaching resources on the ethics of biofuels
  • Council comments on Renewable Energy Directive proposals
  • Education - Teaching resource: biofuels
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