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BioBrazil
June 18, 2005 ( politics )
In the mid-1980s - before any other country even thought of the idea - Brazil succeeded in mass-producing biofuel for motor vehicles: alcohol, derived from its plentiful supplies of sugar-cane.Differently-powered cars were actually in the majority on Brazil's roads at the time, marking a major technological feat.
But the programme that had put the country so far ahead was very nearly consigned to history when oil prices slid back from high levels seen in the 1970s.
Alcohol-powered cars fell out of favour and languished in obscurity until last year, when production picked up again in a big way.
Now Brazilians can buy cars that give them the chance to mix and match alcohol with regular fuel - and conventional motor vehicles that run purely on petrol are looking old-fashioned once again.
(BBC)
I swear, one day we'll wake up and Brazil will be a world power.
Posted by griffjon at June 18, 2005 02:06 PM
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