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Comment on: Clear Thinking

Its the Oil Dependecy, Stupid

2 Comments
Tuesday, July, 22, 2008 5:10 PM theghost writes:

Oops ...

You may want to check on that Brazilian oil independence ...

They are independent of foreign oil, but not because of flex fuels ...

http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?id= 246842180355425&secid=1501&status=article

"Here's a clue for the semi-retired former president and policy wonk: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva didn't celebrate the oil independence milestone out in an Amazon sugar field.

No, he smashed a champagne bottle on the spaceship-like deck of Brazil's vast P-50 oil rig in the Albacora Leste field in the deep blue Atlantic. Why? Brazil's oil independence had virtually nothing to do with its ethanol development. It came from drilling oil."

It came from DRILLING OIL .... oh my ...
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Tuesday, July, 22, 2008 9:01 PM lomaintenance writes:

Oops

Thanks for your comment. I have expanded the post to make it clear that it is foreign oil that Brazil is free from. However I disagree that flex cars and ethanol have not played a significant role in contributing to foreign oil independence. Estimates are that over half of the energy used by cars in Brazil is in the form of ethanol.
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