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Bitter Fallout Of Brazil Ethanol Boom
By Mr Ethanol | November 13, 2007
Al Jazeera:
It is already the largest producer of ethanol in the world, but now Brazil is looking to increase its production of the gas by 50 per cent over the next 10 years.
The growing global demand for ethanol is good news for industry bosses, but changing production methods could leave many jobless.
Workers such as Severino Ramos de Andrade, work 12 hour shifts, six days a week, to harvest the sugar cane used by Brazil’s thriving ethanol market.
Industry advocates say his back-breaking work is changing the environment for the better as ethanol increasingly replaces fossil fuels in energy production.
However, it could soon put him out of job.
Pioneering Brazilian industry… read on.
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