Re: OT: The value of Ethanol


"J T" <Jakofalltrades@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I understand Brazil is a large user of ethanol for vehicle use.
The ethanol is brewed from sugar cane, after the sugar is processed
apparently,

Not quite...the "sugar" is where the alcohol is brewed from.....regrettably
the fiber doesn't feed the yeast and when yeast don't get fed, yeast don't
pass "gas".......


and then the cane is burned for the fuel to process the
ethanol. I have NOT looked for details on this, just from items I've
read here and there. Sounds reasonable to me. Like I said, it's my
belief that if the politicians would just stay out of the way, the
people that actually know what they're doing could git er done.

While I like the concept of politicians staying out of the way.......in
Brazil it was the politicians that created and encouraged their very
successful alcohol fuel program (desired energy independence following the
70's oil shocks).......nonetheless the recent oil price run up and as
importantly the development of flex fuel vehicles has taken a "ho hum" with
falling public interest program and made it a wild success. Rod


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