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Originally Posted by Hegemonic
That's pretty laughable considering Brazil is oil free as everything runs on ethenol. And they did it in 20 years, so Iceland taking 45 years is actually pretty lame.
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I thought all that Brazil-Ethanol propaganda sounded overblown. I just heard Brazil recently lowered the mandated percentage of ethanol in gasohol from 25% to 20%. It produces most of the oil it needs but still imports some. It's certainly not "oil free" by a long shot.
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/aberd...rdeennews_news
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Brazil
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6817
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ethanol now accounts for as much as 20% of Brazil's transport fuel market
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