Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. However, the drop in oil prices throughout the 1980s and 1990s made it uneconomic for the Brazilian government to continue its ethanol program.
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