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To: elmatador who wrote (65371)	6/23/2005 9:58:56 AM
From: aknahow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Read the article you posted with care. It illustrates that Brazil takes from all, including the poor to benefit the large farmer. A farm of 30,000 hectares is about 70,000 acres. Market forces do not drive ethanol production in Brazil but rather the rich and powerful have found a way to get more money from the government. BTW my deceased father-in-law owned 30,000 hectares in the Sertao. The land was used for raising cattle and being very dry supported only a few head of cattle per hectares. But 30,000 ha. of crop land in Mato Grosso represents real wealth and power.