Sugarcane Ethanol: Sweet Solution or Bitter Issue?

The Cornell Daily Sun
March 3, 2010 - 2:00am
By Daina Ringus

Some hail ethanol as the methadone needed to wean Western countries off fossil fuels. Others deplore it as environmental sabotage.

The effects of Brazil’s growing sugarcane industry have prompted scientists to ask the question: are biofuels sustainable?

Prof. Luiz Martinelli, ecology, University of São Paulo in Brazil, presented his assessment of Brazilian biofuels on Friday.

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