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TenBees wonders, what would happen if Britain were to go headlong into switching to biofuels? We already know that it would be difficult for us to meet the capacity required to feed the demand, but what would happen if the biofuel crops were to be hit by flood or pestilence? How would we satisfy the demand?

We know that we can't truly rely on the weather, and if climate change is really going to start to affect our weather systems, crop failure due to bad weather is going to be ever more common.

How can we protect our crops from pestilence or disease? For many, the answer will be GM (genetically modified) crops, but equally for many, this is the worst possible solution.

Of all the predictions of the capacity to supply biofuels, none seems to have taken crop failure into consideration.

Whatever alternative fuel Britain turns to, it needs to be low in emissions, renewable and reliable. Biofuels are shaky on reliable.

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