Dear William and all. The Brazilian ethanol output in 2003 was 14,000,000,000 liters = 3,703,000,000 US gallons US production for the same year was 12,000,000,000 " 3,174,000,000 "
Other notes on Ethanol in Brazil: * There are over 4 million cars that use 100% ethanol in their engines * Ethanol-gasoline blends start at around 25% * EMBRAER, the largest domestic airplanes manufacturer, will release in about four months their model Ipanema that will use ethanol aviation fuel, with the following consequences: 5% power increase, increased climb rate, speed and altitude, lower engine maintenance costs, lower emissions (of course), 66% lower fuel costs. (Source: EMBRAER Press Release) * In Brazil ethanol is produced from Blackstrap molasses as well as from sugar cane juice * The sugar cane productivity is 80 Metric Tons/Hectare/Year. This agricultural yield is equivalent to some 6,500 liters ethanol/Hectare/year. * The current area planted with cane for sugar and ethanol production is around 4.9 million Hectares. There is a recent report by Reuters on the present and future of the Brazilian ethanol industry, which I will be happy to mail upon request, as well as the EMBRAER release on their ethanol-powered Ipanema.aircraft. There is a lot to learn from the Brazilian huge ethanol experiment wich they started more than 30 yeasr ago!. May all of you have a very nice Sunday, Luis R. Calzadilla Contactos Mundiales [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: william lemorande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Forget the Tiger, put some Mushrooms in your Tank _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
