"... As international oil prices soar, that bet has put Brazil at the forefront of a "biofuels" movement in which many countries view sugar cane, corn, soybeans, beets, cornstalks and native grasses as cleaner, money-saving substitutes for oil produced in politically unstable countries. Ethanol is higher in power-producing octane than most gasoline and can reduce tailpipe emissions of carbon monoxide and harmful particulates. Congress, the Bush administration and U.S. industry are aware of ethanol's potential. During Senate floor debate Thursday on major energy legislation, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said Brazil's example showed that biofuels were one way to break the "addiction" to imported oil....
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed that his country will become the world's leader in renewable energy. It is already the largest producer and exporter of ethanol, sending half a billion gallons a year to a dozen countries, including the United States.
"We don't want to sell liters of ethanol, we want to sell rivers," Agriculture Minister Roberto Rodrigues told Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi last year."
México por su propio bien debe dejar de ser dependiente de Pemex y empezar a crear un trabajo serio como el de Brasil en la producción de etanol. Nuestro abasto energético está en riesgo debido a la declive de nuestras reservas petroleras. No debemos esperar a que eso suceda, ya que sería demasiado tarde. Brasil va adelante y nos enseña que cambiar es posible, y es redituable.
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