[Vision2020] Henry Ford's Model A: Biofuel Ready? Brazil's Ethanol Success

[Ted Moffett]

Tom et. al.

Here is a web site, with a picture from 1933 showing the sale of
corn/alcohol "gasoline" at a Lincoln Nebraska gas station.  This web site
claims you can make your own ethanol at home, that Henry Ford envisioned
people making their own fuel, so his Model A cars were designed to run on
either alcohol or gasoline.  This puts a new spin on the idea of an alcohol
still in your barn...

This e-mail address at the web link below:

*email her at **MoonshineShelley at gmail.com* <moonshineshelley at gmail.com>* *

http://www.ethanolstill.com/

Ted Moffett




On 5/13/06, Tom Trail <ttrail at moscow.com> wrote:
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>    - Visionaries--an interesting article about ethanol from the Earth
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> *Can the U.S. Replicate Brazil's Success with Ethanol?*
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> American viewers who saw Dateline NBC<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12676374/>and 60
> Minutes<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/60minutes/main1588659.shtml>reports on May 7 are now asking: If Brazil could ramp up its use of ethanol
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> According to *State of the World 2006*<http://www.worldwatch.org/ct/20060509/pubs/sow/2006/toc/4/>,
> ethanol represented only a small share of Brazil's market until the 1970s,
> when the government made reducing oil import dependence a national priority.
> As a result of a combination of tax breaks and fuel blending mandates that
> drove investment in ethanol production and use, the industry made rapid
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> The Brazilian government also promoted the manufacture and sale of
> all-ethanol cars and provided subsidies to increase sugar production and
> distillery construction, while infrastructure was developed to distribute
> ethanol to thousands of pumping stations around the country. As a result, by
> the mid-1980s, ethanol-fueled vehicles accounted for 96 percent of total car
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> But growth slowed dramatically in the 1980s and 90s as oil prices fell and
> sugar prices rose, and by 1997, sales of ethanol vehicles came crashing down
> to less than 1 percent of total vehicle sales. To address this problem, in
> 2003 Brazil began encouraging flexible fuel vehicles that can run on
> virtually any mixture of gasoline and ethanol, changing the ethanol market
> overnight. In 2005, flex-fuel vehicles accounted for more than half of new
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> Since the 1970s, Brazil has saved almost $50 billion in imported oil
> costs-nearly 10 times the national investment through subsidies-while
> creating more than 1 million rural jobs.
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> Brazil's experience shows how government leadership and smart policies can
> reduce dependence on imported oil while boosting local economies. It's a
> success story that a growing number of U.S. political and industry leaders
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> *World's Top Ethanol Producers, 2004*
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>                         15,110                          37
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> 13,390                          33                              Corn
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> China                           3,650                           9
>                         Corn, cassava, and other grains
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>                 1,750                           4
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>                                 France                          830
>                         2                               Sugar beets,
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>         SOURCE: See *State of the World 2006*<http://www.worldwatch.org/ct/20060509/pubs/sow/2006/>,
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