Meta study on Efuel: climate protection or political rhetoric?

Meta study on Efuel: climate protection or political rhetoric?

A groundbreaking meta-study of the Berlin Forum ecological-social market economy (Fös) has disenchanted the efuel as a hopeful for road traffic, but without providing new findings. Jürgen Roth, President of Efuel Alliance Austria, criticizes the study as a political hetorics, which turns up to the opposite research and hides important facts. This perspective could hinder progress in climate policy, since the focus on electric cars distracts from the actual necessity to also involve eFuels in the mobility strategy, according to Roth and Stephan Schwarzer, General Secretary of Efuel Alliance. They emphasize that the negative statements about efuels are not only wrong, but also omit the long-term trend that electricity is often CO2-intensive from the network.

The Fös was also criticized for not doing justice to the increasing electricity costs and the uncertain supply situation of e-car production. Roth and black indicate that efuels can be produced in large quantities and, in their opinion, could play a decisive role in reducing emissions in the traffic sector in the next few years. Above all, it is pointed out that without efuels it is not possible to switch from fossil fuels. In this context, the EU Commission plans to check the strict regulations for the auto industry, which may affect the impending ban on burns from 2035 and allow efuels as an equivalent alternative, such as

The two leaders of Efuel Alliance make it clear that the quick production and integration of efuels can not only support aviation, but also road traffic very soon. The need for efuel could reduce production costs and promote acceptance in society. Roth warns that the focus could endanger the climate goals on just one means of transport, since the general population is still interested in a diverse solution, which includes, among other things. The study of the FÖS could harm climate protection, while the Union moves in a challenging political environment in which climate protection is also an instrument of the campaign tactics.