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Originally Posted by White Rabbit
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.
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Having been to Hawaii more than a few times, I know there is quite a lot of sugar cane grown there. Does the US have the capacity to make even a dent in what would be needed for sugar ethanol? Is it possible to be cost effective through sugar imports?
I know the model works well for Brazil, its number of autos is much less than the US and they have the correct climate and enough space to grown enough sugar to make it effective.