Web250401: Biofuel requirements for New Zealand self-sufficiency

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Islands for the Future of Humanity provides analysis and mitigation options for global catastrophic risks such as extreme pandemics and nuclear war. Islands like New Zealand and Australia are vulnerable to trade and supply chain collapse impacting fuel and energy supply.  Our analysis have determined the minimal volume of liquid biofuel to sustain food production and local shipping in scenarios of catastrophic loss of fossil fuel imports.

Biodiesel is increasingly used as shipping fuel globally.  This trend is projected to accelerate. Governments are looking for ways to ensure liquid fuel security in the face of geopolitical tensions.

  • The New Zealand Fuel Security Study (2025) highlights the potential security role of liquid biofuels.
  • Islands for the Future of Humanity has developed case study analyses of liquid biofuel for food security and shipping resilience.
  • There are likely co-benefits, e.g., in terms of other disasters and greenhouse gas emissions.
  • This thinking should also be applied to solid and gaseous biofuels and the role of wood and biogas to support basic needs should be researched.

Attendance to this webinar was free courtesy of EECA