Brazil hopes to build on its ethanol success

Drivers here can fill up their cars with just about any imaginable fuel — except plain old gasoline.

A three-decade-long alternative energy campaign has outfitted Brazilian filling stations with fuel pumps that offer pure ethanol, a blend of gasoline and 20% ethanol called gasohol, or even natural gas. This year, Brazil will achieve energy independence — a goal the United States has been chasing without success since the energy crises of the 1970s.

( Full story here )