Talk:Ethanol fuel in Brazil
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Flex-fuel cars drive record Brazil Dec auto sales:
"[...] In December [2005], flex-fuel cars registered record monthly sales of 120,000 units, up 15 percent from November in the category. After the technology was launched in early 2003, sales of flex-fuel models have grown steadily and accounted for 71 percent of total vehicle sales in December. In December 2004, flex-fuel sales were 29 percent of total vehicle sales."
--Pinnecco 15:54, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Present Day
I think this article is getting into shape, but there are many PoVs and texts that are about Brazil's first introductions of Alcohol fuel (the late 70s and 80s). For example, the caption under the poster warning about mixing fuels is old and outdated, and perhaps it would be better if we remove it (although I updated the caption text before).
Here are current information about Ethanol in Brazil (report from VEJA):
- Last December [2005], 73% of all cars sold in Brazil worked with flex-fuel engines.
- With the success of flex-fuel cars, Brasil is now the first country to make VIABLE the production and consume of an alternative energy fuel.
- Thanks to the Ethanol, Brazil is about to be auto-suficient in its oil production. This is a huge leap considering that about 10 years ago Brazil had to import half of the petrol it consumed. This success is also possible based on the cutting edge technology developed by Petrobras for deep-water exploration, since more than 65% of Brazil's oild fields are 400 meters under the sea. Brazil's auto suficiency will be met with the introduction of Petrobras P-50 platform which will happen in the next weeks.
- The return of Ethanol fuel in Brazil (thanks to the introduction of flex-engines) helped the country to reduce its historical dependency of imported oil. Only this year, Brazil will produce 18 bilion litters of alcohol and will keep its leadership as the biggest Ethanol producer.
- Brazil is about to start exporting Ethanol to Japan
--Pinnecco 10:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Amazon rainforest
"Also, Brazil would probably want to use its own wood - however, the Amazon rainforest is threatened enough as it is and should not be tampered with further." I agree with that statement but I don't think that kind of language is suitable for an encyclopedia. It's not our business to write about what should and what souldn't be done but to report the facts. If there's no objections in the next few days I'll delete that line. --cassini83 18:35, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed! --Pinnecco 20:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brazil to displace diesel with soybean based biodiesel
Published on Sunday, April 17, 2005 by the Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) The Future of Ethanol by David Morris
Want to see the potential of biofuels? Visit Brazil, as I did a few weeks ago.
In Brazil, by law, all gasoline contains a minimum of 25 percent alcohol. Yet ethanol is so popular it actually accounts for 40 percent of all vehicle fuel.
By 2007, 100 percent of all new Brazilian cars may be able to run on 100 percent ethanol. Brazilian sugar-cane-fed biorefineries will be capable of producing sufficient ethanol to allow the entire fleet, new and old cars alike, to do so.
In Brazil, ethanol is now being used in aviation. Small planes, like crop dusters, are switching to ethanol because it is a superior fuel and is more widely available, even in remote parts of the country, than conventional aviation fuel.
Its stunning success with ethanol has encouraged Brazil to begin displacing diesel fuel with vegetable oils from its vast soybean crop. Within 15 years it expects to substitute biodiesel for 20 percent of its conventional diesel.
