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To: CapitalistHogg™ who wrote (5585)	7/2/2007 12:29:54 PM
From: roto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50710

the sugar ethanol is intriguing. I think the import quotas may be the cane sugar itself (given the Cuban legacy?); maybe not ethanol. I am willing to give the Brazilians the go at this as they have been busy since 1980 to unburden themselves of their vulnerability to the pricing pressures of mid- East oil (& it has worked out well). Archer Daniels politics be damned as I cannot see any resulting benefits/ efficiencies from domestic ethanol production other than taxing incentives (& maybe newly formed ethanol import quotas limiting existing global competitive advantages). just my newfound energy take, Loach