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	View Edit Domain: BioEnergy Title: * Body: The measure, which takes effect in January 2010, is expected to raise the production of bio-diesel in Brazil to 2.4 billion litres next year, but Lula da Silva cautioned the industry should not rely on edible soy oil as the main feedstock to make it, so it would not impact on food supplies.<br /> <br /> Brazil is a pioneer in bio-fuel. It has used its status as the world's top sugar producer to promote cane-derived ethanol for automobiles. Its flex-fuel cars, launched in 2003, incorporate technology enabling them to run solely on ethanol, gasoline, or any mixture of both.<br /> <br /> With an under-developed rail network and huge cargoes of agricultural and mineral production travelling thousands of kilometres by road to the country's ports, diesel consumption is a major cost for Brazil's industries.<br /> <br /> <br /> Captcha: Please Enter Code : * Time Zone: * Select the time zone Vocabularies Newsletter: Domain: Show summary in full view Input format Filtered HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Full HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. news_filter Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. More information about formatting options			Related Articles Germany advised not to import food for biofuel Iowa Biodiesel Interests Plan Radio Ads for Basketball American Ethanol Gears Up for 2012 NASCAR Season CelluForce debuts world’s first NanoCrystalline Cellulose ... Town of Gunning are turning used cooking oil into biodiesel ... Novozymes Enzymes to Make Cheap Cane Ethanol in Brazil SG Biofuels lands $17M in funding to expand jatropha operati... Solazyme and Bunge Sign Framework Agreement for Commercial R... LS9 To Test UltraClean Diesel, May Open Brazil Biodiesel Pla... A New Standard for Quality Top BioEnergy Articles

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