As of 2006, less than two percent of U.S. transportation fuel and one percent of the EU’s transportation fuel came from biomass, “despite the fact that almost one-fifth of U.S. corn and two-thirds of EU rapeseeds are processed, respectively, into ethanol and biodiesel.”

Source: Charlotte Hebebrand and Kara Laney, An Examination of U.S. and EU Government Support for Biofuels: Early Lessons, International Food & Agriculture Trade Policy Council, IPC Issue Brief 26, October 2007, p. 11, citing Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2006, “Energy Consumption by Sector: Transportation Sector Energy Consumption, 1949-2006, June 27, 2007, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/consump/html.