President Bush has announced a new energy secretary.
But the important part of his announcement was as follows.
"Bush said his priorities for the Energy Department are to "develop and
deploy the latest technology to provide a new generation of cleaner and more
efficient energy sources" and to "promote strong conservation measures."
Quoted from Yahoo News.
Hopefully this will steer the USA towards the higher use of ethanol. In
major citys we have a mix of 10% ethanol
to 90 gasoline. I believe our next level should be 20% ethanol. I have
dubbed the idea. "The Lemonade Fix." because it makes lemonade out of
lemons.
Bill Lemorande
Milwaukee, WI
USA
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From: "CONTACTOS MUNDIALES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Some Brazilian ethanol factsl
Dear William and all.
The Brazilian ethanol output in 2003 was 14,000,000,000 liters =
3,703,000,000 US gallons
US production for the same year was 12,000,000,000 "
3,174,000,000 "
Other notes on Ethanol in Brazil:
* There are over 4 million cars that use 100% ethanol in their engines
* Ethanol-gasoline blends start at around 25%
* EMBRAER, the largest domestic airplanes manufacturer, will release in
about four months their model Ipanema that
will use ethanol aviation fuel, with the following consequences: 5% power
increase, increased climb rate, speed and altitude, lower engine
maintenance
costs, lower emissions (of course), 66% lower fuel costs. (Source:
EMBRAER
Press Release)
* In Brazil ethanol is produced from Blackstrap molasses as well as from
sugar cane juice
* The sugar cane productivity is 80 Metric Tons/Hectare/Year. This
agricultural yield is equivalent to some 6,500 liters
ethanol/Hectare/year.
* The current area planted with cane for sugar and ethanol production is
around 4.9 million Hectares.
There is a recent report by Reuters on the present and future of the
Brazilian ethanol industry, which I will be happy to mail
upon request, as well as the EMBRAER release on their ethanol-powered
Ipanema.aircraft.
There is a lot to learn from the Brazilian huge ethanol experiment wich
they
started more than 30 yeasr ago!.
May all of you have a very nice Sunday,
Luis R. Calzadilla
Contactos Mundiales
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Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Forget the Tiger, put some Mushrooms in your Tank
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