Brazil's Alcohol Programme: From an Attempt to Reduce Oil Dependence in the Seventies to the Green Arguments of the Nineties
| Autor: | Ogenis Magno Brilhante |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Engineering business.industry Economic policy Geography Planning and Development Sugar industry Subsidy Management Monitoring Policy and Law chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Economy Petroleum business General Environmental Science Water Science and Technology Ethanol fuel in Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 40:435-449 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0559 0964-0568 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09640569712029 |
| Popis: | The paper describes and analyses: the events, motivations, policies and forces that led to the introduction of ethanol as fuel in Brazil; the recent decision to continue with the programme; and draws important lessons that might be relevant for other regions and countries as they contemplate a transition away from petroleum transportation fuels. The alcohol programme began in the late 1970s; by 1986, as a result of large subsidies, 76% of all new cars were built to be fuelled by alcohol, but by 1996 that was down to less than 1%. It is shown that the pursuit of ethanol fuel in Brazil was not based on long term plans with deep-set values, but has been an ad hoc response to a particular set of circumstances, including a depressed sugar industry, an ambitious attempt to reduce oil dependence and more recently a range of 'green' arguments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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