Why can't Brazil sell its sugar-based ethanol here? It produces 800 gallons of ethanol from an acre of sugar, while our corn-base ethanol produces 328 gallons per acre. From every unit of fossil fuel used in producing sugar-based ethanol, 8 units of energy are produced; with corn it's 1.3 units. Plus corn feeds many, sugar does not.
Why do we have a 54 cents per gallon tax on Brazilian ethanol? Are we not in a difficult situation?
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