Sugar powers a revolution on Brazil's roads
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,16781,1648504,00.html
Bio-fuel movement is gaining momentum on petrol station forecourts
Tom Phillips and David Gow in Rio de Janeiro
Wednesday November 23, 2005
The Guardian
A silent revolution is taking place at the Ale Jatinho petrol station
on Avenida Brasil, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. "I'll be honest
with you - it doesn't feel like a revolution," said Flavio Soares de
Oliveira, the station's 33-year-old manager. "But nobody's complained
yet."
It is hard to see why they would. Driven by soaring oil prices, petrol
already costs 70% more at the pumps than "alcohol", the bio-ethanol
fuel derived from sugar cane that Brazilians increasingly favour for
their cars.
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