Energy content in ethanol versus gasoline is 66%. That means that you have to burn approx 50% more ethanol to get the same power versus gasoline. Even less for diesel.
http://www.nafa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Resource_Center/Alternative_Fuels/Energy_Equivalents/Energy_Equivalents.htm
And how many acres of South American rain forest does it take to produce a gallon of ethanol?
Guessing that Brazil don't have all of the regulations on production and thus overhead that we have here in the US.
"Guessing that Brazil don't have all of the regulations on production and thus overhead that we have here in the US"
Brazil produces their ethanol with sugar cane, not corn.Lets swich all of our taxpayer dependant midwest corn farmers to sugar cane and then try it