Thursday, April 21, 2011

Carnegie Institution Research Finds Switching to Sugarcane From Other Crops Cools Local Climate in Brazil

Biofuels Journal

Date Posted: April 18, 2011




Palo Alto, CA—Brazilians are world leaders in using biofuels for gasoline.





About A quarter of their automobile fuel consumption comes from sugarcane, which significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would be emitted from using gasoline.




Now scientists from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology have found that sugarcane has a double benefit.



Expansion of the crop in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate.



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