On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 07:13 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > for food. While crop-based ethanol -the latest craze in alternative > > energy - promises a guilt-free way to keep our gas tanks full, the > > Most ethanol is made from sugarcane waste - bagasse they call it, in > brazil, as well as in india. Bagasse is burned directly as a fuel in Sugar Mill Boilers or used as input into paper mills or wooden board manufacturers. Its molasses the sticky brown fluid that is sold to Indian liquor manufacturers. Molasses also used to be a "controlled" commodity in India for a long time. -Tarun who lived in a place called Sugar Mill Colony
