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**usadatronourl** · 02-02-2006, 08:56 PM

"No government anywhere on earth has done anything to alleviate that situation. None.
There simply is no other alternative to oil and natural gas, both of which will mostly be gone by the end of this century."

"Seven out of 10 of all new cars sold in Brazil are now "flex-fuel" - owners can fill them with either ethanol or petrol."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...E30417,00.html

Brazil has a very successful ethnol program based on sugar cane. It's much less expensive to convert sugar cane into ethanol than it is corn, and takes less energy to do so. Brazil projects that in 10 years it will have a a healthy ethanol export business.

I agree that Americans have no one to blame but themselves for consuming so much oil. We consume in vehicle usage, heating, manufacturing, etc, approximately 20m barrels per day. That breaks down to about 3.5 gallons of oil per person per day.

I don't blame the oil companies for that.

02-02-2006, 08:56 PM	#11
usadatronourl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	"No government anywhere on earth has done anything to alleviate that situation. None. There simply is no other alternative to oil and natural gas, both of which will mostly be gone by the end of this century." "Seven out of 10 of all new cars sold in Brazil are now "flex-fuel" - owners can fill them with either ethanol or petrol." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...E30417,00.html Brazil has a very successful ethnol program based on sugar cane. It's much less expensive to convert sugar cane into ethanol than it is corn, and takes less energy to do so. Brazil projects that in 10 years it will have a a healthy ethanol export business. I agree that Americans have no one to blame but themselves for consuming so much oil. We consume in vehicle usage, heating, manufacturing, etc, approximately 20m barrels per day. That breaks down to about 3.5 gallons of oil per person per day. I don't blame the oil companies for that.
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