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To: Snowshoe who wrote (83061)	4/15/2007 11:31:28 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 206326

Snow, see my reply to t4.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (83061)	4/16/2007 8:17:55 AM
From: Big Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206326

The quote says "per capita" energy consumption. Well...if they add millions of illegal immigrants to the tally and those folks use less energy than the other folks (as it might be assumed), then it makes sense that per capita use would "stay flat". big

To: Snowshoe who wrote (83061)	4/17/2007 12:21:23 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 206326

GM's Brazil unit expects flex-fuel production to hit 1 million by July. SAO PAULO (MarketWatch) -- The Brazilian unit of U.S.-based auto giant General Motors Corp. (GM : GM expects to reach the 1 million-mark for flex-fuel vehicle production by the end of July, the company said in a statement Tuesday. As of April 14, the company had produced 921,799 of the flex-fuel vehicles, which run on any combination of gasoline and sugarcane ethanol, GM said. GM first started production of its flex-fuel models in 2003 at its unit in Sao Jose dos Campos in Sao Paulo state. "This result is extraordinary," said GM Brasil Vice President Jose Carlos Pinheiro Neto in the statement. "The introduction of flex-fuel technology in Brazil was a historic mark, and in a very short period the technology was available on all of our vehicles." Currently, all GM vehicles produced in Brazil are flex-fuel. Flex-fuel technology is a tremendous success in Brazil. Flex-fuel vehicles ended March with a market share of 82.8% of domestic vehicle sales, according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.