> Ricardo wrote:

>>
>> Brazil is not (yet) the leading exporter of fruit, although it is
>> working hard to get there -- fresh fruit exports grew 208 percent
>> between 1998 and 2004. But it is the emerging leader in the production
>> of alternative fuels like ethanol, from cane sugar, and biodiesel, from
>> vegetable oils (castor oil bean, soybean, sunflower, palm tree, and
>> others).

>
> Well, they may be a leader, but they won't make a difference. In 2005
> they produced 4.8 billion gallons of ethanol. That is a _gross_ .4 quad.
> The world demanded 170 quad of oil in the same year.