在法国,由雷诺汽车公司前任总裁雷蒙德·利菲所领导的一个特设委员会正在研究生物燃料的未来,该委员会不久将发表其研究结果并作出决定。 从植物源提炼的汽车用合成燃料看来大有作为,因为它可避免矿物衍生的碳氢化合物燃料有关的污染问题;它可在本国生产;它可给130万法国农民带来了新的潜在产品,削减CAP(共同农业政策)对农作物价格下跌的补贴。 In France, an ad hoc committee led by Raymond Lefevre, the former president of Renault Motors, is studying the future of biofuels, which will soon publish its findings and make a decision. Synthetic fuels for cars extracted from plant sources seem promising because it avoids pollution problems associated with mineral-derived hydrocarbon fuels; it can be produced domestically; it can bring new potential products to 1.3 million French farmers, Reduce CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) subsidies for falling crop prices.