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Ethanol
Fuel in
Brazil
Kevin Ung
CONTENTS
What is Ethanol?
Ethanol in Brazil
History
Prices and Effects
Comparison with US
Social Implications
Food vs. Fuel
United States
10,750.00
9,000.00
6,498.60
Brazil
7,264.73
7,053.39
5,943.87
European Union
1,069.52
733.60
570.30
China
541.55
501.90
486.00
Thailand
435.20
89.80
79.20
Canada
290.59
237.70
211.30
India
91.67
66.00
52.80
Colombia
83.21
79.30
74.90
Australia
56.80
26.40
26.40
10
Other
247.27
World Total
20,221.83
17,916.48
14,036.37
Ethanol in Brazil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qarMPRyaNLM
3 Important initial
drivers for the ethanol
industry
1. Guaranteed purchases by the state-owned oil
company, Petrobras
2.
3.
Flexible-Fuel Vehicles
Diesel engines
Motorcycles
is more
industry. Sugar
seven times
corn.
Ethanol Productivity in
Brazil
Social Implications
http://www.monbiot.com/2004/11/23/feeding-cars-notpeople/
The End