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Posted by 26Red on September 15, 2005 at 09:41:57 from (170.92.100.2):
Watched Modern Marvels documentary on "sugar" production last night on the history channel. It was pretty cool, seeing how much sugar is used throughout the US and how it is processed from sugar cane and sugar beets. They also had a segment on how Brazil farms 15 million acres of sugar cane and uses the by products to produces ethanol on a huge scale. Their annual production equals about 450 million barrels of oil... that could make a serious dent in our oil dependance- the US uses 9 million barrels day according to an AP article. (Even the big oil companies in Brazil have there hands in the ethanol business!) Another interesting note, the big three auto makers are producing cars that run on 100% ethanol. That's all they sell down there. They have little gas starting tanks for cold weather warm up, similar to our old duel fuel tractors... So my question to everyone here is what the heck is going on here in the US? Why is ethanol priced at a $.40 to $.50 below gas when in Brazil it is HALF THE COST of gasoline! It will never become economical choice at a $.50 break... And for you enviromentalists: Ethanol does not cost most to produce than oil, does not pollute more than gasoline, and it sure is not as polluting as a crude oil refinerery... All I want is cheap fuel... I've had it, so now what are we going to do about it? Who wants to start an ethanol producing co-op? I need investors... I'll step off my soap box now....
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