Briefing | The future of biofuels
The post-alcohol world
Biofuels are back. This time they might even work
|London and san francisco
MAKE something people want to buy at a price they can afford. Hardly a revolutionary business strategy, but one that the American biofuels industry has, to date, eschewed. Now a new wave of companies think that they have the technology to change the game and make unsubsidised profits. If they can do so reliably, and on a large scale, biofuels may have a lot more success in freeing the world from fossil fuels than they have had until now.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline "The post-alcohol world"
Briefing October 30th 2010
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