Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Developing Ireland's Sustainable Transport System: Discussion
Mr. James Cogan:
That scenario of massive large-scale industrial farming could not happen. It is imaginable emotionally. However, if one looks at the context of ethanol use in Europe, we have massive agricultural capacity in what we have now without any need for expansion. The demands of ethanol are tiny in comparison. There is no possibility that somehow it could get out of control. It is a peace of mind solution in the current fleet of vehicles. It is so far within an envelope of peace of mind parameters that this kind of apocalyptic adverse effect just could not arise.
I invite the Deputy to send a delegate of his choice to speak with us about it.