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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (1396)	10/22/2005 12:52:06 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218947

Lots of stuff happening with the biofuels. EtOh from corn has mixed data; EROEI has been reported as both + and -. However, coconut palm and hemp are 10X better than corn, and algae is about 15 times better than them...10K-20K gals/ acre. Brazil is using EtOH now. El Mat likes to talk about it from time to time. He wants us to buy EtOH from them. ============================================================== Ethanol Starting to Trade Like a World Commodity BRAZIL: September 29, 2005 Brazil fights oil prices with alcohol (So does da Rat; would anybody like a hit of Ripple? It helps.) Sales of 'Flex' cars that run on alcohol or gasoline surpassed August sales of gasoline-only vehicles. By Andrew Downie \| Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilians aren't waiting for high-priced hybrid cars. Drivers are fighting rising gasoline prices by buying "flex" or "flexible fuel" cars that slurp more alcohol. Message 21778939 ============================================================ SAO PAULO - Ethanol export contracts from Brazil are looking more like contracts for other goods, such as sugar, soy and oil -- a sign that the renewable fuel may be on its way to becoming a world commodity. Brazilian sugar cane mills say they are getting better deals to sell ethanol fuel abroad by extending what used to be only spot market sales into longer-term contracts with flexible pricing, especially with the rise in world oil prices. The shift, which is seen as a sign that the fuel is becoming a fully fledged world commodity, is occurring this year across the ethanol export sector, which is on course to repeat the record shipments of more than 2.3 billion liters in 2004. Message 21756749