Study concludes that sugar cane-based biorefineries producing ethanol and electricity could power a global auto fleet of hybrids and EVs using only 4% of available cropland
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Number of cars (world and US), amount of gasoline consumed, amount of ethanol equivalent required for a neat ethanol fleet, ethanol and electricity to power hybrid fleet, and sugar cane area for hybrid fleet. km/liter (46 mpg US, or 5.1 l/100km) using gasoline as the fuel. Credit: ACS, Pacca and Moreira. Click to enlarge.
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