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EU and Brazil join forces over biofuels (The Guardian)
EU leaders are concerned about an ethanol production that meets environmental, labour and social standards, according to this story by The Guardian. It is a good picture for Brazil and other poor and developing countries in Central America, the Caribbean and Africa, according to President Lula from Brazil. In Brazil thebiofuels allowed a 40% reduction of [...]
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Original story here. Poorly translated, since the Portuguese word “bife” means “steak”. Time to quit being picky and go to the story itself, which is about Kobe beef piracy in Brazil: “Bife de Kobe vira alvo de pirataria Lilian Cunha, De São Paulo 07/07/2008 Apreciado pela extrema maciez, apesar dos preços elevadíssimos, o famoso bife de Kobe, preparado com [...]
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- Today, 10th of July, a search for "make your own biofuel" on Google returns about 466.000 pages. It is amazing! #
- Mr Joelmir Beting is a Brazilian economics journalist and he defends that most of the current commodities price rise is due to speculation. Since the financial bubble busted due to low interested rates throughout the globe, investors and speculators had no place to run because of the subprime, housing crash of Aug '07 -- it began with oil. #
- "Triple A - Ethanol" is the first ethanol tracing iniciative that I have heard of. (News in Portuguese, company website in English.) #
- Yesterday I linked an article written by mr Roberto Rodrigues mentioning the low sugar cane prices in Brazil. Today I saw an interview by mr Ismael Perina Jr, president of the Orplana (organization that gathers sugar cane planters in Center/Southern areas of Brazil) and mr Fabio Trevisoli, member of the council for the same organization. #
- As most government haters in Brazil, the former minister of agriculture doesn't want the government to intervene in the market. However, mr Roberto Rodrigues suggests that the Brazilian government should stabilize the sugar market. I beg your pardon? #
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Original and Portuguese translation available. All of a sudden, 27 energy ministers from the EU gathered and decided to re-read the article 3 for the renewable energy plan. As mr Jean-Louis Borloo, the French environment and energy minister, said, “The member states realised that the Commission’s plan specifies that 10 percent of transport needs must come [...]
This is just a press release, since I can’t find the original study. But first, a little background. Most of Brazil’s cargo system is made by trucks. Its roots are from President Juscelino Kubitschek’s development program, which opted for a automobile industry. Instead of building tracks and trains, Brazil chose highways in the late 1950’s. Today, not [...]
Original here, Portuguese translation here. Although not related directly to the past few posts I have made (agriculture and biofuels in Brazil), it has a close relation to my object of studies (agriculture in Brazil). Therefore, I am blogging. Não se trata de frear o desenvolvimento a que diversos países aspiram, mas devemos ter consciência das [...]
Pedro Doria today drew my attention to an interesting article that outlines a few pros and cons of Brazilian ethanol. I already left a comment there but I also decided to write here. Cutting to the chase: The petrol prices in Brazil haven’t seen a raise for the past three years. A side effect is that [...]
