Originally Posted by
captinjohn
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with 69% of the world supply coming from Brazil and the United States.[SUP]
[34][/SUP] More than 20% of Brazilian cars are able to use 100% ethanol as fuel, which includes ethanol-only engines and
flex-fuel engines.[SUP]
[35][/SUP] Flex-fuel engines in Brazil are able to work with all ethanol, all gasoline or any mixture of both. In the US flex-fuel vehicles can run on 0% to 85% ethanol (15% gasoline) since higher ethanol blends are not yet allowed or efficient. Brazil supports this population of ethanol-burning automobiles with large national infrastructure that produces ethanol from domestically grown
sugar cane.
Sugar cane not only has a greater concentration of sucrose than corn (by about 30%), but is also much easier to extract. The
bagasse generated by the process is not wasted, but is used in power plants to produce electricity
Thanks Captain. Finally here, it seems like someone besides me "sees the light" about the realities of ethanol. People just don't have the foresight it seems to imagine all the acreage that could be planted in sugar cane here in the states. I'll tell you, when you're a pilot and have flown over much of this country, it astounds you just how much land we have that could be used for such projects, and still have millions of prime, beautiful land to save for future generations.
AV8TOR