Biofuels are produced from biomass, which means recently living organisms usually plants. There is global interest in liquid biofuels for transport because demand for mobility is rising fast and, in the long term, oil the traditional raw material will be in shrinking supply. Biofuels also offer the potential to slow the rate of growth in the world’s CO2 production. When used in vehicles, they emit similar amounts of CO2 as oilbased fuels but the biomass they are made from has recently absorbed CO2 from the air, during growth. In theory, this leaves the carbon balance neutral.

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