Brazil has 2 million biofuel cars on the road

While the U.S. may only now be talking about reducing its dependance on foreign oil, Brazil was thinking about it decades ago, and put in place a program designed to do just that. The genius idea was to pioneer a technology for vehicles which run on gasoline or on ethanol (alcohol) made from sugar cane. The BBC reports that Brazil is experiencing a revival in the use of these vehicles:


Ethanol-driven cars have been on sale there for 25 years, but they have been enjoying a revival since flex-fuel models first appeared in March 2003.
Just 48,200 flex-fuel cars were sold in Brazil in 2003, but the total had reached 1.2 million by the end of last year and had since topped two million, the Brazilian motor manufacturers' association Anfavea said.
Brazil incents buyers with a lower purchase tax on flex-fuel cars, which helps reduce pollution. However, some say that by using sugar cane to power cars, we are wasting valuable food supplies. And that it stinks. A lot.
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