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Correct. However, Brazil's gasohol program was developed as a response to shortages produced by the 1973 oil crisis. Sugar cane is plentiful in Brazil, unlike N
by assttoasstmgr 5y ago
Correct. However, Brazil's gasohol program was developed as a response to shortages produced by the 1973 oil crisis. Sugar cane is plentiful in Brazil, unlike Nebraska; it was not chosen for its carbon properties.
- masklinn 5y agoThe carbon properties can be a nice side-effect of something selected for other reasons though. I have no idea about brazilian gasohol, but that’s basically the story of french nukes, they were motivated by geopolitics and economics (the 1974 “messmer plan”, the plan actually led to overbuild as electricity demand did not pick up anywhere as much as expected), but resulted in french electricity being one of the least carbon intensive in europe if not the world, and basically only beaten by countries with ubiquitous hydro.