How Brazil Dominates Sugar Production

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• VD

  @vdviniciusdalmolin · 2 years ago

  A little correction for minute <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thXstqQcdQ4&amp;t=313">5:13</a>. Brazil has cars that run in ethanol since the late 70&apos;s (1979 to be precise). The second spike of ethanol was because the Flex cars could run on both gasoline and ethanol in the same engine. Therefore, everybody could choose the fuel that they wanted to use based on the price.

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• PE

  @petersonmontez40 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve researched quite a lot about ethanol fuel, and it still mesmerizes me that Brazil is basically the only country that uses pure ethanol as a vehicle fuel. It&apos;s much cleaner, runs just as well as gasoline (makes a little less mileage, but it&apos;s cheaper), and we&apos;ve had the technology for over 25 years.<br>A lot of research criticizes ethanol use as it being harmful to engine components (especially ruber and polymer components such as gaskets), but in Brazil almost every vehicle is fuel-flex (meaning it can run with any gasoline/alcohol blend, even 100% alcohol), and we have literally millions of vehicles with over 100k miles that have never seen a drop of gasoline and run like a charm.

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• SJ

  @Sjalabais · 2 years ago

  &quot;A few decades ago Brazilians figured out how to harvest sugar cane without fires&quot;<br><br>Intentionally medieval USA: <b>We have no clue how to do that.</b>

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• WU

  @Wul-Lop · 2 years ago

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• ED

  @Edvander-b9k · 2 years ago

  A lot of people in the world think Brazilians are not worried about climate change and the environment. It is not true. There are a lot of people here working hard to help the enviroment.

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• MA

  @marcondes711 · 2 years ago

  I used to live near sugar cane fields in the countryside of São Paulo, in Brazil. We used to suffer with the smoke and people often had respiratory issues. It&apos;s crazy to think this still happens in such a rich state as Florida, specially knowing it isn&apos;t a money or tools problem.

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• KE

  @KemzA658 · 2 years ago

  I never knew a massive fire would have no impact on air quality

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• CA

  @camomiletea6708 · 2 years ago

  Farmers have not set fire to cane fields in Australia for over 30 years! The harvesters seperate the cane from the vegetation and the vegetation goes back on the ground as a trash blanket to stop the moisture transpiring into the atmosphere

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• DA

  @daveb4446 · 1 year ago

  The Brazilians can be surprisingly ingenious sometimes. There are thousands of Brazilian aircraft that run on ethanol instead of toxic 100LL. And they sell some very good mid sized aircraft comparable to European quality. They could do almost anything they wanted if they stopped doubting themselves.

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• VI

  @vinfiumari · 2 years ago

  Brazillian here. It&apos;s a really weird coicidence that this video came out at the same time Ribeirão Preto (the largest region of cane production in São Paulo) had it&apos;s worse burning in decades. It scaled totally out of control, with deaths and property destruction, among other issues as air severe contamination. I live here Ribeirão Preto, and I could see the city being swallowed by black smoke and turning the day into night. It&apos;s even more weird that brazillian press isn&apos;t instrested in bring atention to it.

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• CH

  @chrishan9138 · 2 years ago

  Rich countries burning fields is inexcusable when alternative technology exists.

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• HU

  @hughjaass3787 · 2 years ago

  As a lifelong Floridian, 4th Gen., I find it ironic &amp; disingenuous, to hear a woman from Ag. Lobby in state, explaining why they need to keep burning. She don&apos;t live anywhere near those burning cane fields. This ain&apos;t a new fad. Big Sugar owns politicians, &amp; have been burning for decades now. They also cause large algae blooms in Gulf every year as well. Powerful Lobby.

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