What happened to testing, prior to making what looks like a disastrous change to working machinery in the name of climate ideology? Looks like the farmers are the testers.
The use of biofuel has sparked hundreds of complaints from farmers who claim it is forcing them into “unacceptable” costly machinery repairs, reports BBC News.
Adding biofuel – which is made from organic materials rather than fossil fuels – to diesel supplies is seen as one way of reducing carbon emissions from vehicles such as tractors.
But farmers say it has been clogging up filters and causing breakdowns.
NFU Scotland said more than 400 complaints have been made.
Supplier Petroineos said it was investigating and had recently reduced the biofuel inclusion percentages – from 7% down to 5% – in the hope of alleviating any problems.
Cold weather factor
The Scottish and UK governments said a long-term solution was being sought.
The filter clogging issue is said to be particularly bad when the weather is colder.
Some farmers will already have taken delivery of enough fuel to last all winter.
Jamie Smart, chairman of NFU Scotland’s legal and technical committee, said they were looking into whether better testing could be found.
However, he said: “That doesn’t help the short-term issue, how are we going to get through the next few weeks and months.
“We are hoping that this 5% inclusion rate will help but we don’t know yet.”
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