The Brazilian biofuels industry
| Contribuinte(s) |
UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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| Data(s) |
26/08/2013
26/08/2013
2008
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| Resumo |
Ethanol is a biofuel that is used as a replacement for approximately 3% of the fossil-based gasoline consumed in the world today. Most of this biofuel is produced from sugarcane in Brazil and corn in the United States. We present here the rationale for the ethanol program in Brazil, its present 'status' and its perspectives. The environmental benefits of the program, particularly the contribution of ethanol to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, are discussed, as well as the limitations to its expansion. I wish to thank Patricia M Guardabassi for helping in the preparation of this paper. I wish to thank Patricia M Guardabassi for helping in the preparation of this paper. |
| Identificador |
1754-6834 http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/33144 10.1186/1754-6834-1-6 |
| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Relação |
Biotechnology for Biofuels |
| Direitos |
openAccess Goldemberg; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. - This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Tipo |
article original article |
