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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (100691)	5/12/2008 5:14:46 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) of 206085

one unit of energy is required to produce nine units of sugarcane ethanol. The ratio for corn is far worse, at one to two. Did we mention Brazilian ethanol gets no subsidies? One hectare yields 7,500 litres of ethanol. One hectare of corn produces about 4,000 litres, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The factories where sugarcane is turned into ethanol are clever little contraptions. The waste material is burned to produce steam, which spins a turbine to make electricity. About 3 per cent of Brazil's electricity comes from the ethanol factories. The figure is expected to rise to as much as 15 per cent by 2015. In Brazil, 90 per cent of new cars are 'flex-fuel' vehicles - they can burn any combination of gasoline and ethanol. By 2012, half of the Brazilian car fleet (25 million vehicles) will be flex-fuel vehicles. Brazilian gasoline contains no less than 25 per cent ethanol. It's time to kill corn subsidies and go Brazilian theglobeandmail.com

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