Brazil: an energy update

Journal Article · Mon Mar 09 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States)

OSTI ID:7011260

McCrary, E

Brazils' alcohol-fuels programme and the experience gained during the past five years, is raising new questions about the economic and engineering limitations of the $2 billion per year scheme. Although the program is saving Brazils' 1- million unit per year auto industry from a potential production crisis, th diversion of huge land areas to the cultivation of sugar cane for alcohol instead of producing more exportable sugar or other food products is cause for concern. Brazilian economists argue that it would be more profitable to export more sugar while the government believes that the alcohol- fuels programme is generating a significant number of new jobs in the agriculture sector and is sustaining employment in crucial industries such as automotive and parts manufacturing.

• OSTI ID: 7011260
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Eng. (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 88:5; ISSN CHEEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALCOHOLS
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
BIOCONVERSION
BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
BRAZIL
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC POLICY
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY POLICY
ETHANOL
FERMENTATION
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FUELS
GASOHOL
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAND USE
LATIN AMERICA
LIQUID FUELS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SOUTH AMERICA
SUBSIDIES
SUGAR CANE