Listen to the tape and say whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE. Prove your point.

1. According to Britain's Royal Society biofuel as green alternative may cause big environmental problems. _______________

2. Biofuel was a key talking point at the international car show in Detroit. _____________

3. The chairman of General Motors said that GM is not going to switch to electric cars and the company sees no future for alternative fuels._______

4. The report of Britain's Royal Society suggests some biofuels don't cut carbon emissions. ___________

5. Scientists predict higher prices for food and deforestation from increased biofuel production. _____________________

6. Professor John Pickett believes it’s necessary to look at the whole life cycle of biofuel, from field to forecourt^{^[1]}, into the fuel tank. ____________

7. The European Union required 1 per cent of car fuels to come from plants by 2020. ______________

8. The EU's Environment Commissioner maintains that criteria for sustainability, including both social and environmental issues have already been designed. ______________

9. Friends of the Earth Director told the EU that their 10 per cent biofuel target is unreal. _____________

10. He is sure that biofuels can be a good source only if produced and used at a large scale. _____________

11. The EU promised to take care to ensure farmers won't clear rainforest to produce biofuel. ______________

Blair pledges green industrial revolution

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