Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Observation #23: Gas Stations

All gas stations in Brazil offer gasoline, natural gas, or ethanol. Brazil has cars that run on natural gas. Brazil has cars that run on pure ethanol. They have been doing this since the 70s.

You can buy a natural gas conversion kit at any auto shop. Most cars here can switch between gasoline and ethanol. Everyone uses ethanol during the sugarcane harvest season. In the rainy season they go back to gas.

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    1. They make their ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil. So the price of ethanol is linked to the sugarcane harvest.

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