> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:51 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: RE: Who Killed the Electric Car > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > Obviously, this > > is not a crop for the corn belt. We cannot, like Brazil, simply cut > > down more rain forest to plant sugar cane. > > > Sugarcane is as far from the rain forest as California is far > from Alaska :-P > > Our Beloved Guide is addressing this bullshit about sugarcane > taking away rain forest, but it seems that Europe and the USA > will ignore fact to justify subsidies. And let the Earth become > like Venus.
OK, I stand corrected. It seems that cattle ranges and soy beans replace the rain forest. But, if ethanol were actually cost effective to make and ship, why can't Brazil isn't it competing as at least an additive to gas in Europe...which doesn't have the vast undertapped farmlands of the US? The alternative is buying from the Mid-East. And, didn't you say that there was a lot of hype in Brazil's use of biofuels? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
