[RockyTx]

whats not being said here, is that in Brazil,
going online very soon,
is a plant that produces fuel ethanol
from sugarcane bagasse.

if it works out this time,
all bets are off

[catfish1957]

(1) Ethanol as a fuel supplement in gasoline is already market saturated. Anymore added will just tank the prices, just like what happened to Crude.

(2)Most non-ethanol blend gasolines contain <10% c2=OH. E10, & E15 blends are hated by motorist due to motor ping.

(3) And as far as E85?, I tried one tank in my Flex-Fuel Truck, and it drove like s___.

Bottom line, Ethanol is better suited in a bottle of Wild Turkey, as it's efficacy as fuel is only decent when crude goes $100+/bbl, and / or when crude is short.

[buwaya]

Just because its from bagasse doesn’t mean it will be cheap, and AFAIK sugar centrals depend on bagasse as their bunker fuel. So bagasse is itself fairly valuable as a substitute will have to be found.