03-29-2006, 05:01 PM
aloha,
i Just saw an interesting news story on CBS evening news and also on the current USA today news about countries like Brazil that are completely becoming oil independent by developing sugar based ethanol and developing infrastructure, combo fuel cars and refineries that cater to this technology.
Whats the upside for Brazil - cheaper to produce gas locally, no dependency on foreign oil, a new export product and a better environmental product....the main issue USA ethanol has not worked is that its based on corn products which is more expensive to produce, but here in hawaii we have lots of sugar that can be utilized.
i wonder if this can be an issue worth investigating in hawaii especially with our gasoline being the highest in the country.
heres the USA Today article,
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-0...OE=TECISVA
i Just saw an interesting news story on CBS evening news and also on the current USA today news about countries like Brazil that are completely becoming oil independent by developing sugar based ethanol and developing infrastructure, combo fuel cars and refineries that cater to this technology.
Whats the upside for Brazil - cheaper to produce gas locally, no dependency on foreign oil, a new export product and a better environmental product....the main issue USA ethanol has not worked is that its based on corn products which is more expensive to produce, but here in hawaii we have lots of sugar that can be utilized.
i wonder if this can be an issue worth investigating in hawaii especially with our gasoline being the highest in the country.
heres the USA Today article,
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-0...OE=TECISVA