Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, April 10, 2006
Leadership
Someone has some foresight and knows how to lead.

PIRACICABA, Brazil — At the dawn of the automobile age, Henry Ford predicted that "ethyl alcohol is the fuel of the future." With petroleum about $65 a barrel, President Bush has now embraced that view, too. But Brazil is already there.
This country expects to become energy self-sufficient this year, meeting its growing demand for fuel by increasing production from petroleum and ethanol. Already the use of ethanol, derived in Brazil from sugar cane, is so widespread that some gas stations have two sets of pumps, marked A for alcohol and G for gas.

As usual, the United States is trailing the rest of the world in foresight and innovation.
I wonder if we could use kudzu for fuel?
Written at 9:27 AM by Lynne.
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