MRS Bulletin

Energy Quarterly

Table of Contents - December 2010 - Volume  35   

Energy Quarterly

Regional Initiative

Maintaining Brazil's ethanol fuel momentum

Arthur L. Robinson

The 1973–1974 First Energy Crisis was a cloud with a silver lining for Brazil. A severe negative balance of payments, as oil prices more than quadrupled, stimulated the birth of a bioethanol initiative based on fermented sugarcane, which vaulted the country into today's position as a world leader in the quest for renewable energy that promises to be green, affordable, and secure.

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