"SWEET BAMBOO"
-Swapna Sundar, CEO, IP DOME
In the sugar
cane season, we thought it appropriate to bring you something appropriate about
the ‘sweet bamboo’.
Brazil is the
world leader in ethanol biofuels. The 36-year old ethanol fuel programme has
resulted in an annual production of 26.2 billion litres of ethanol (30% of
world production) based on the most efficient agricultural technology for
sugarcane cultivation in the world. Since 1976 the government made it mandatory
to blend anhydrous ethanol with gasoline, and today, all light vehicles in
Brazil are ‘flexible-fuel’ efficient, running on 25%- 39% ethanol mixed with
gasoline. In 2008 17.6% of the country’s transport energy needs were met by
sugarcane ethanol.
Ref: business week Nov.7, 2011, annual reviews scientific
publisher, oilprice.com
The first
bio-plastic was the patented Parkesine,
which received the bronze medal in the 1862 London World Fair. Subsequently,
petrochemical polymers became predominant in the industry till issues of
environmental pollution and fossil fuel scarcity loomed in the horizon. Today,
sugarcane
ethanol has emerged as an important ingredient to substitute for petroleum
(replacing 30% globally) in the production of ‘bio-plastic’. These have the
same physical and chemical properties as regular plastic but with full
recycling capabilities.
Ref: technologyreview.es, sugarcane.org
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