Brazil and the Energy of Tomorrow

I sat down with Lou Ann Hammond, publisher of carlist.com to discuss the latest energy-related news coming out of Brazil. The South American country has virtually eliminated oil imports as they've built their entire economy on home-grown ethanol — thanks in no small part to a tropical climate that's as conducive to sugar cane plantations as it is to Carnaval.

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[strolofobetico]

brazil is changing the world.eat that america

[watchyourst3p]

This notion that North Americans have that they ARE America bothers me sometimes.

In Brazil they have the notion that they are South Americans why US has to take ownership for the whole thing.

Anyways, US was a great country but Bush really fucked them big time and made enemies all over the world.

It's about time for other nations rise and make alliances.

Go BRIC!

[tatometal]

BRAZIL, INDIA AND CHINA ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST POWERFULL COUNTRIES  IN THE WORLD BRAZIL WILL RULE

[TheMrRanna]

@MrDANIELDMARTINRIOS You're wrong. Brazil is not "United States of Brazil" (it was in the first republic, today we are in our sixth republic). We are Federative Republic of Brazil.

[Torkesakua]

We Brazilians don't want to be the richest people in the world. We want to protect him, not only about the pollution, but also of the aggressive capitalism. And of course, we want to improve our position in national income distribution ... And the situation of violence has been much improved between the years of 2009 to 2011.

[theconfusedsinger]

how can you have 1.2 cars?? Do you own a car and a stirring wheel?

[MrDANIELDMARTINRIOS]

well sorry ,the name or our country is AMERICA!

BRAZIL IS UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL

WE ARE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA end of discussion!

[HIDDENTECH2]

@RaruphoElfei yes was a joke #LOL

[RaruphoElfei]

@AlexKamakura now we want to be respected as a strong regional power, and we are trying to represent our regional needs in ONU. We have much more to do, we still have poverty, problems in our educational system, but from now on we gonna be even better, rich, educated, scientific and structured, such as a developed country. At least I hope, truly Hope.

[RaruphoElfei]

@AlexKamakura I do like Canadians and Mexicans, they are "north americans" too. The correct would be "Eat that US".

But I don't hate US, I think that we are now able to do business in equality of therms(going in this direction, we aren't that important yet), US has serious worries about Brazilian diplomacy, have changed some times the ambassador of US in Brazil because our strategy is very different from the strategy we had 16 years ago, in which we were a US Yard.

[RaruphoElfei]

@HIDDENTECH2 hmm..Was a joke? Probably We gonna explore the oil to exportation not to our consumption. Acctually this video don't even talk about eolic Energy and Hidro Energy, Brazil has a huge variety of energy sources despite ethanol and oil.

ps2: Reserves are big and reachable, but the one discovered in Venezuela's ocean is even bigger. the point is not the "size" is "how do we can take the oil" and environmental issues.