Revamped Barralcool, Brazil's first ethanol-biodiesel plant, opens in Sao Paolo
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva helped open his country's first ethanol and biodiesel plant Wednesday. The plant will make both biofuels from oilseeds and represents Brazil's shift into biofuels other than ethanol, which has dominated the country's fuel economy for decades. The Barralcool plant has been making ethanol for over twenty years and was recently integrated with biodiesel production machinery. There are 360 ethanol plants operating or being built in Brazil and E85 and E100 is easy to find throughout the country. Getting biodiesel is more difficult, but that will change a bit when the country's B2 mandates kicks in by 2008 (B5 by 2013). There are 10 biodiesel plants in Brazil, with 40 more on the way.
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[Source: New Zealand Herald]
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A.Brien 12:55PM (11/24/2006)
My dodge neon 2005 is so tightly tuned with a big
computer and a multitude of sensors for regular gas
that if you put something else in it ,it will
provoke some imbalences for sure. maybe e08 will be the maximum it will take.
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Andy 12:10AM (11/26/2006)
Maybe a new car would be better.
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infernauta 11:31AM (11/27/2006)
Is it really THAT difficult to properly write 'São Paulo' ?
I'm just wondering. God forbid you gringos get an aneurysm because of that.
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Alexandre Souza 7:06PM (11/28/2006)
Why there is always a Brazilian with too much love for his country and so little education and polishness?
Greetings from Brazil,
Alexandre Souza
A proud Brazilian, owner of a E100-fueled car and very calm because not all people speaks portuguese properly. Not even Brazilians...
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