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Bitter sweet: How sustainable is bio-ethanol production in Brazil?

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RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 3599-3603

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.015

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Bio-ethanol; Biofuels; Sugarcane; Food security; Land use change; Sustainability

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While biofuels have currently been regarded as a good alternative for fossil fuels, there remain many debates on their impacts on human and environment. This paper tried to shed light on bio-ethanol in Brazil as one of the main producers and exporters in the world. The main question was to understand how sustainable is bio-ethanol production in Brazil? To answer, the political motives of producing bio-ethanol followed by its ecological and socio-economic impacts were discussed. The paper concluded that although bio-ethanol production in Brazil seems environmentally friendly, it might socio-economically be hazardous. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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