Greenhouse gases and bio-ethanol in Brazil

Whatever objections mag be raised, it is clear that the issues of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions are not going to go away. Powerful lobbies on both sides of the argument will ensure that the debate continues, but pressures on governments and individual companies to act (and to be seen to be acting) are likely to grow rather than diminish, Financial incentives for "green" processes are also likely to increase, In this contest, the production of ethanol from sugar, as pioneered on large scale by Brazil, could give major economic and political benefits, above and beyond the ecological considerations which are the main subject of the following report.