2.7 - Brazil Biofuels

Question 1

Name of special engines used

Answer 1

Flex-fuel - handle different fuel types

Question 2

Since when have the engines been used

Answer 2

2000s

Question 3

Energy from sugar cane is how much more than what

Answer 3

8-10 times more than energy used to produce sugar canes

Question 4

Brazil makes how much from biofuels

Answer 4

$50bn per year

Question 5

How much and where does Brazil export biofuel excess to

Answer 5

1.35 million barrels

USA and Korea

Question 6

What has the government done with petrol

Answer 6

Removed petrol subsidies

At least 27% of fuel mix has to be ethanol from sugar canes

Question 7

Negatives?

Answer 7

Need water for irrigation reducing security

Deforestation for crops negates carbon neutral effect and sugar canes hold less CO2 than the trees destroyed

Question 8

Positives?

Answer 8

Carbon neutral
Brazil didn’t have to make infrastructure changes
Crops replenish faster than FFs

Question 9

+ related to country reserves

Answer 9

Increases energy security in countries with few FF reserves

Question 10

GHGs have been reduced in Brazil by

Answer 10

90%