Opinion
Time for biofuels?
MOHAMED ZAHRAN-Colombo
When I see the long queues day in and day out (having myself being in the queue the other day for almost one day to purchase LP gas) to buy LP gas, petrol, diesel, kerosene, etc. I was wondering whether we shouldn’t go for alternatives to non-renewable fossil fuels. How about biofuels, biodiesel and biogas? And, thus, overcome the dollar crisis also to some extent.Over to the Ministry of Power and Energy to consider the above proposals as otherwise we will be spending valuable forex resulting in widening of trade deficit.If the above proposals can be implemented, our newly appointed Finance Minister’s dependence on the IMF for loans could also be minimized.