>>Yes is a very feasible alternative, from what I heard from a few times I was in Brazil was that they have a small quote that they can build cars on ethanol, not cause they can't build more but was an US imposition. But perhaps some Brazilians can share a light on this.
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>>>>"Since President Bush is in Brazil this week to talk about ethanol,
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>>>He used to be very fond of the old "ethanol" didn't he!? :-)
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>>>Thanks for the heads-up Jake. I've cursorily scanned the article and the gist of it is that ethanol as an alternative fuel is feasible, right?
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>>>I though it would be appropriate to present portions of a paper by Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist who was a internet pioneer and a founder of Sun Microsytems (SUNW). You can view a bio of him here. Kholsa is himself investing millions of his own dollars building ethanol plants. The paper here, is very long and detailed. I am going to present the most topically relevant items based on what the media usually presents."
>>>>http://energy.seekingalpha.com/article/29035
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>>>>Like the article says the entire whitepaper is quite long and detailed, but well worth a read if you find the time.
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>Never heard of any quota, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
>Our cars now are called "Flex"... you just fill them up with either fuels, or both together.


New Zealand has been doing this for a long time. John Ryan, can you provide more details?