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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (1393)6/19/2008 8:53:33 PM
From: Tommaso  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4448
 
Sorry I got worn out trying to provide explanations. Thanks to you guys. Main problem with ethanol --as everyone knows-- is distribution. Can't use pipelines, at least as currently engineered. Even within Brazil it seems to be a problem.

But as Boone Pickens says, at least it does move a car (and he was talking about corn-based). And they (in Brazil) make it cheap from sugar cane. Even use the stalks to burn for distillation.



To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (1393)6/19/2008 10:48:33 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4448
 
>>If the Brazilians couldn't sell for less would there be a tariff ?<<

But we won't just get rid of the tariff. The question is, can Brazilian ethanol compete against gasoline if the tariff, subsidy, and mandate disappear? Right now, the subsidy and mandate are propping up the transport of ethanol by truck and rail. We are burning LOTS of crude-derived diesel to distribute that ethanol all over the country.


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