| Report | How Brazilian bio-ethanol can change the world | 31 March 2010 |
Brazil’s ethanol can break oil monopoly
by Gert van Wijland
Energy experts are calling on western governments to lift trade barriers for Brasilian ethanol. They point out that, in spite of the rise of the electric car, the transport sector will remain fuel-based for a long time and see massive environmental and strategic benefits in Brazilian bioethanol over petrol. Problem is, western energy policy is trumped by agricultural interests. ‘We can break the monopoly of oil. If we want to.’
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