Brazil to produce biodiesel from sugarcane

I can only wish them success in the project and hope new options would open to other states as well

You know with all these billions pouring into biofuels and having witnessed the dot.com bubble burst and then the subprime bubble burst (yes, I am ancient) I have to ask don’t investors have a creative bone in their body? Are they all so stupid and mindless as cattle being led off a cliff?

Why isn’t creativity and intelligence a prime prerequisite in order that one become an investor? Surely you’re not going to tell me all this stupidity is being driven by rich people trading on e*Trade?

With all the discussion about diverting corn to ethanol in the US I am surprised that the discussion of alternative sources instead of corn has not surfaced. I recently watched a show regarding alternative fuel sources and they mentioned switchgrass as a source that provides a much higher gallon per acre than corn. And you could even grow this stuff in unusual places (highway medians)which would reduce the amount of farmland that needs to be utilized in producing fuel foods. We’ve got a long way to go in this country and the business world needs to show the way.

It’s my understanding from my daughter-in-law, who is Brazilian, that the country has used sugar cane for years in their cars. Also, I believe that the U.S. has a duty on sugar cane to prevent it from coming into the U.S. thereby protecting the farmers. This is Congress’ fault, not Bush. In addition we pass a law requiring the production of ethanol which does nothing to help polution, is no less expensive and increases the cost of food. It’s time the politicians function for the good of the public instead of their own re-elections.

What is the price of gasoline and/or diesel in Hawaii ?
Please, explain to US why Hawaii has not and is not producing ethanol and now biodiesel from their sugarcane?

Hey, why does CNN keep deleting my comments?

This article is just an advertisement for a company that has yet to prove itself. Nothing in this article shows previous acheivements at all, only wishful thinking “if all goes as planned”. Good luck with this. Let me know how this works out for ya.

And stop deleting my posts. Don’t you like someone else’s opinions?

It is a breath of fresh air to see common sense being pratciced instead of poor planning not thinking of the coincidences. President Bush has made such a big hooplaover the development of ethanol where over the next years the entire corn crop of the United States will be towards ethanol production. Once the corn is harvested; the product will have be converted into sugar then into ethanol. The oil companies will receive a 52 cent tax subsidy for each gallon produced. So the farmer who once grew corn for food now can be paid by the government towards ethanol. The result higher food prices and adding to the grain shortage we are seeing now. If the oil companies were smart instead of being greedy they would have their lobbyists push Congress to establish trade to import their bio-fuel where the need for oil from the Middle East wouldn’t hanging over our heads. My hat is off to Brazil for have the insight to help themselves. wsahington should take a look at this but as we know hind sight is not 20/20

Hey Todd, you’re totally wrong about cutting down more of the Amazon rainforest that already is being destroyed! They are not destroying Amazon rainforest to plant, but to sell the valuable wood. It was proved the Amazon ground is not productive.

Glad to read this article, but this is nothing new for Brazil and Venezuela. What the article didn’t mention is that the “sugarcane” technology has been supporting these economies for the last 30 years. This proves to me that biofuels from sugarcane is sustainable. Will they ever not have to import oil? No, they are not slaves to OPEC, either. The US needs to realize that biofuels from corn is not sustainable and follow Brazils lead.

This might actually work. I was concerned about yet another ethanol product taking land away from agriculture, but it doesn’t seem to be the case in this instance. It seem to be a choice between refined sugar and fuel. Seems like an easy choice to me.