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Chirac Tweaks His Citroen, Brings Biofuel to Elysee |
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Written by Cameron Little
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Wednesday, 05 October 2005 |
from Planet Ark and Reuters News Service
Chirac Tweaks His Citroen,
Brings Biofuel to
Elysee
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FRANCE:
October 4, 2005
PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac has joined
the country's push to
boost biofuel use -- converting his own luxury Citroen
C6 saloon and many of
his officials' cars to run on cleaner-burning
biodiesel.
Fuel pumps at his Elysee palace in central Paris have been
modified to
provide the alternative fuel.
"The president's car runs with
biodiesel made from rapeseed, as do half the
Elysee cars," a spokeswoman said
on Friday.
France, Europe's biggest agricultural producer, has announced
plans to
become Europe's leading biofuel maker by 2010, when it wants green
fuels to
fill seven percent of total consumption.
France produces both
biodiesel, made from mostly rapeseed, and ethanol
derived from sugar beet or
cereals.
France's powerful farm lobby is pushing the new technology, and
Chirac is a
former agriculture minister and champion of farmers'
causes.
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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