[lit-ideas] BBC NEWS |Brazil's alcohol cars hit 2m mark
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:42:30 -0400
Some bright thinking we could use. Trouble is, our leaders make money
on oil....
Ursula
"Brazil began its Pro-Alcohol programme more than 20 years ago to
promote the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel for cars. At the
time, Brazil had a military government, which wanted to reduce the
country's dependence on imported Middle Eastern petroleum after the
1970s oil shocks."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5263384.stm
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