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Is sugarcane ethanol still a good alternative?

autobloggreen.com » 2008 » July » 22nd » Is sugarcane ethanol still a good alternative?

Tagged: brazil, sugarcane, unica

Filed under: Ethanol, South/Latin America 85 liters of ethanol per each tonne (metric) of sugarcane harvested. This is the output of a standard sugarcane ethanol plant. As we know, 45 percent of Brazilian fuel needs are covered by ethanol. Of course, what once was thought as the easy solution to replace fossil fuels is now being blamed for a dramatic rise in food prices (or not), by as much as … Continue Reading »

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