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The Brazilian biofuels industry
Ethanol is a biofuel that is used as a replacement for approximately 3% of the fossil-based gasoline consumed in the world today. Most of this biofuel is produced from sugarcane in Brazil and corn in the United States. We present here the rationale for the ethanol program in Brazil, its present ...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18471272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-6834-1-6 |
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| description | Ethanol is a biofuel that is used as a replacement for approximately 3% of the fossil-based gasoline consumed in the world today. Most of this biofuel is produced from sugarcane in Brazil and corn in the United States. We present here the rationale for the ethanol program in Brazil, its present 'status' and its perspectives. The environmental benefits of the program, particularly the contribution of ethanol to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, are discussed, as well as the limitations to its expansion. |
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| spelling | pubmed-24057742008-05-30 The Brazilian biofuels industry Goldemberg, José Biotechnol Biofuels Review Ethanol is a biofuel that is used as a replacement for approximately 3% of the fossil-based gasoline consumed in the world today. Most of this biofuel is produced from sugarcane in Brazil and corn in the United States. We present here the rationale for the ethanol program in Brazil, its present 'status' and its perspectives. The environmental benefits of the program, particularly the contribution of ethanol to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, are discussed, as well as the limitations to its expansion. BioMed Central 2008-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2405774/ /pubmed/18471272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-6834-1-6 Text en Copyright © 2008 Goldemberg; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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| title | The Brazilian biofuels industry |
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| title_short | The Brazilian biofuels industry |
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| topic | Review |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18471272 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-6834-1-6 |
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