A "Green Tsunami" in Brazil: The High Price of Clean, Cheap Ethanol

Brazil hopes to supply drivers worldwide with the fuel of the future -- cheap ethanol derived from sugarcane. It is considered an effective antidote to climate change, but hundreds of thousands of Brazilian plantation workers harvest the cane at slave wages. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
4.4
by Patricia Blochowiak - Jan. 24, 2009

Well-written story about the many negatives of sugar and ethanol, especially regarding human rights.

Energy conservation and honey. Soon there will be a power point presentation (may be there now) on "deep energy" and the Passive House movement at www.ehw.org.

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