The meeting of experts of biofuels in Iran was held by the efforts of the committee of biofuels of the biotechnology working group of the biotechnology development headquarter and scientific association of biofuels of Iran.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the experts of biofuels, energy, and environment participated from universities and organizations from across the nation.

In this meeting, the ever-increasing trend of biofuels and unrenewable products of the country were pointed out, which lead to increased waste of national sources and higher environmental pollution, announcing that according to the statistics published in 2017, Iran has been ranked 10^th in terms of energy consumption. In this regard, petrol consumption had a completely upward trend during 2011-2018, and its daily consumption has reached the considerable value of 120 million liters in 2018.

The upward trend in the use of petroleum products to generate energy is a threat to Iran"s economy and, in particular, the environment. Experts are required to encourage people to change their lifestyles and use alternative energy and fuels (such as biofuels produced from waste) by building effective solutions based on sustainable development principles.

In this meeting, it was expressed that the use of tax and bank tools and incentives is an appropriate approach to diversify the country"s energy consumption basket and protect national and environmental resources, and should inform people about the costs of using fossil fuels and environmental problems.