sugar cane

Three Brazilian biotech firms & a university have developed a biodegradable material made from sugarcane waste (bagasse) which should shortly be available for the manufacture of packaging and containers.

Of nearly 2,000 Americans responding to a survey, zero percent say they favor lifting import tariffs on Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane. But without Brazil, can America meet its target of a 20% drop in gas consumption over ten years?

I don’t have a problem with ethanol per se, but I am concerned that Senator Obama favors corn-based biofuels over other alternatives.

A new report released by Oxfam has blamed the use of biofuels for pushing 30 million people around the world into poverty, while doing very little to fight global warming.

As the highest rated new show on Tuesday nights, this episode of CANE brings the idea of biofuels and renewable energy right into our living rooms. As a biofuel growing in popularity, ethanol is an ideal alternative to fossil fuels. It is higher in octane levels, which produce power. Ethanol also reduces tailpipe emissions of carbon monoxide, and reduces harmful particulates as well. Perhaps most importantly, ethanol is a renewable form of energy that would reduce our country’s dependence on foreign oil. But just how real is the government’s interest in sugarcane ethanol?