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Brazil To Triple Ethanol Output to 66.6 Billion Liters by 2030

Brazil is likely to more than triple its ethanol output - estimated at over 20 billion liters this season - to 66.6 billion liters by 2030, according to the country's National Energy Plan. The plan - which was approved this week by Brazil's National Council of Energy Policy - sets forth long-term government strategies to meet the country's energy needs in a sustainable way.

Biofuel Discussion

Corn based ethanol has some benefits with respect to making the US less dependant on overseas sources of oil, but from an economic and environmental standpoint it makes little sense.  Cellulosic ethanol, on the other hand, shows a great deal of promise.