The New Fuel That Will Shape The Future

Sci-Tech Today – If, hypothetically, all U.S. cars ran on 100 percent corn-based ethanol, and if one Ivy League professor’s analysis is correct, then 97 percent of the entire country’s land area — including real estate now occupied by cities — would be needed to grow corn.

Until recently, Brazil was better known for soccer and carnival than for leading the world into the future of energy consumption. But now Brazil is also famous for what might be called its “sweet gold.” “Sweet” as in sugarcane, “gold” as in a fuel to replace “black gold” — oil…

Can a similar approach lead to an energy-independent future in the U.S. and elsewhere?

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