On Nov 30, 11:12 pm, Christopher Calder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Your neglecting to mention the millions of acres of rainforest that
> the Brazilians have burned down in the past few years in order to grow
> more sugarcane for ethanol.
This is false. Sugarcane does not grow well in tropical rainforest
conditions. All sugarcane in Brazil is grown far to the south of the
Amazon Basin, from Mato Grosso across to the Northeast, with most in
the middlek, but I don't remember the name of the state (province).
Your statement regarding biofuel contribution to the recently ended
uptick in food prices is also false; ethanol-from-corn contributed
onaly about 6% of the total uptick.
That said, I certainly do not favor ethanol-from-corn, does nothing to
speak of regarding global warming. Ethanol from sugarcane is, on the
other hand, a help and sugar is a seriious glut on world markets.
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