Brazil's 2009 Ethanol Production Volume Set to Break Records

Brazil must have a new version of the liter, making it equal to the U.S. gallon.
Either way ethanol is primarily a scam.

It is interesting to contemplate why world commerce is leading to the increase in planting area and in sugar usage as opposed to alcohol. Expanded planting space is bad news for the planet. Is market resistance to GM beet sugar in the U.S. a reason for a higher ratio of sugar to alcohol than last year? GM beet production in the state I live in threatens the high-end market for nutritious greens and seeds. Many I know have written to food companies that use GM beet sugar in protest. Some companies, however, simply write off organic consumers or greenwash with the word natural to cover and hope nobody notices. Maybe the product of these beets will end up in alcohol here, still not an efficient way to make alcohol. The use of kudzu and mesquite pods could be better, especially if used by under-employed local people. It's hard to say what is going to happen with alcohol. The subject is clouded with mal-investment and political influence. We lack the famed and illusory transparency politicians love to promise. Too bad they promote opaqueness when they get power, except Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul and assorted easy-to-make-fun of other mavericks. I've got some hope in Alan Grayson, new Democrat from FL, however. I can't see how they are going to marginalize him. He's quite unlike Paul and Kucinich. When they pull an attempt at end-run on him, he laughs and expresses incredulity, which matches how many voters feel. He doesn't pile on detailed analysis, which will be needed at a future date. He's quite better at the sales aspect, I think. We may find where some of the trillions are going if this guy gets much face time. Wringing mal-investment out of the system would be helpful for proper investment and implementation of good and then better practice.