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Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate
i do remember readin' that there be efforts to use agri-based alternative fuel in south america that be far far far far more efficient that the ones used here in america. be thar a reason that the united states doesn't employ these methods?
aye?
-meadhallPirate
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That would be Brazil and they are the world's most efficient sugar producers.
Sugar used for making ethanol is highly efficient and is a good environmental and good energy policy.
But the US is not well suited for sugar production (thus, the heavy subsidies to US sugar producers - mostly located in Florida).
The US corn growers are a much larger and politically powerful group.