Why are some governments resisting changing biofuels law?
Knowledge about biofuels is changing rapidly with new studies being conducted and with new circumstances, like rapid inflation in food prices. Many policy makers have not yet digested this information. In addition, there are powerful special interests that benefit from the biofuels mandates – in particular agricultural producers who supply the feedstocks for biofuels (maize, canola/rapeseed, soya). These interests are lobbying to preserve the existing mandates and subsidies.