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Non-Tech : $2 or higher gas - Can ethanol make a comeback? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (208)	1/1/2005 8:21:08 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 2801

The name fo the game is flex power: Being able to switch from one fuel to another as prices float. Ethanol is expensive? Fill it up with gasoline. Bomb in Saudi mayhem is Nigeria sends gasoline up? Fuel it up with ethanol. Is the country not yet with extensive network of Ethanol stations? You fuel where there is ethanol, and if there's no ethanol pump station insight you fill it with gasoline. Ethanol market shrinks? Make sugar out of the sugar cane. <<Japan has stepped up its efforts to find alternative fuels to replace carbon-based fossil fuel to help reduce the green house effects caused by the emission of gases from burning of fossil fuel.>> Besides Japan needs to diversify: Brazil plans a 300km Ethanolduct pipeline from Ribeirao Preto to Sao Sebastiao harbour to suply Japan. Sao Paulo government will support the project, Japanese trading companies Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Brazilian Camrgo Correa and Transpetro, Petrobras subsidiary are interested. Um alcoolduto para abastecer o Japão \| 21.12.2004 Cláudio Rossi EXAME Para transportar álcool destinado ao Japão, uma enorme tubulação de mais de 300 quilômetros deverá ser estendida de Ribeirão Preto, no interior paulista, até o porto de São Sebastião, no litoral norte do estado. O projeto do alcoolduto (um termo que acaba de surgir) tem o apoio do governo de São Paulo e conta com interessados como os grupos Mitsui e Mitsubishi. Do lado brasileiro, o grupo Camargo Corrêa e a Transpetro, subsidiária da Petrobras, devem participar. portalexame.abril.com.br