Alcohol fuels: the Brazilian experience and its implications for the United States

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Sugar J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6621120

Nemir, A S

Brazil's experience in the use of ethyl alcohol, produced from sugar cane, as a motor fuel in the pure form or in the form of a 20 percent additive to gasoline, is examined. The production of ethanol was 4.2 billion liters from 1981 to 1982 and the plan calls for the production of 5.2 billion liters between 1982 and 1983. The total number of motor vehicles in Brazil which operate on pure alcohol reached 900,000 by the end of 1983 and the expenditure of alcohol in them reached 3 billion liters. The expansion of the use of ethanol as a motor fuel must substantially reduce Brazilian expenditures on the import of oil products, improve the use of agricultural resources and increase the labor force in agriculture. An analogous experience is justified for the U.S.A., but sugar beets must serve as the raw material for the production of ethanol in their case.

• OSTI ID: 6621120
• Journal Information: Sugar J.; (United States), Vol. 45:12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
09 BIOMASS FUELS
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
BRAZIL
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
ETHANOL FUELS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
PRODUCTION
USA
CAPACITY
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ETHANOL
GASOHOL
IMPORTS
PRODUCTIVITY
SUGAR BEETS
SUGAR CANE
ALCOHOL FUELS
ALCOHOLS
BEETS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMICS
FOOD
FUELS
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LATIN AMERICA
LIQUID FUELS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
SOUTH AMERICA
SYNTHETIC FUELS
VEGETABLES
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