Switch to Ethanol

Henry Ford said “ethanol will one day power all the cars in America”.

Currently the US produces the majority of it’s ethanol from corn, an expensive process that is subsidized by the US government.

In Brazil, ethanol (Brazil calls it alcohol) has been using sugar cane successfully for over a decade to offer it citizens a cheap energy source which has dramatically reduced their dependence on foreign supplies of oil.

Ethanol accounts for 40% of all fuel sales in Brazil a staggering number by any standards.   In 2007 100% of all Brazilian cars are expected to run on 100% ethanol.

What are we in the US waiting for?

To read some more interesting news on what Brazil is doing with ethanol click on this sentence.