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June 19, 2005
Brazil's Biofuel Strategy Pays Off as Gas Prices Soar
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Paulo Rodrigues, who manages the family sugar plantation for his father, acknowledges that “sugar has had a bad reputation.” But, he said, sugar cane requires fewer chemicals than any crop except pasture. His farm uses wasps to fight insects, reducing the need for chemical pesticides. The crop’s dense leaves absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, making it a good recycler of the greenhouse gas implicated in global warming.
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Brazil’s Biofuel Strategy Pays Off as Gas Prices Soar
Posted on June 19, 2005 04:27 AM by global491.
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