Raízen CEO Says It's Easier for Brazil to Increase Ethanol Production Than to Have Electric Cars

Raízen CEO Says It’s Easier for Brazil to Increase Ethanol Production Than to Have Electric Cars

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 08/12/2020 at 13:20

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At the event in Rio Oil and Gas last week, Raízen’s CEO, Ricardo Mussa, raised a question about the incentives for electric cars, given that Brazil has ethanol as a fuel. The debate about this in Brazil has been gaining more and more attention. However, there are many divergences regarding the direction the national automotive industry should take in the coming years.

Raízen’s CEO Considers That the Solution Due to Electric Cars in Brazil Is Ethanol

Raízen’s CEO highlights that the distribution of electric cars around the world primarily occurs due to their impact on the environment. However, he notes that in Brazil there is already a solution, which is Ethanol:

“Is it wise for a country like ours, which needs so much investment in other areas, to sponsor electrification?”

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Raízen CEO Says It’s Easier for Brazil to Increase Ethanol Production Than to Have Electric Cars

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Raízen CEO Says It’s Easier for Brazil to Increase Ethanol Production Than to Have Electric Cars

Specialists Assert That Fuel-Powered Cars Such as Diesel, Gasoline, Ethanol and Similar Are Very Harmful to the Environment, and Replacing Them with Electric Cars Can Be a Good Alternative.

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With 7.4 trillion tons of artificial snow pumped in 10 years, an extreme operation could stabilize the West Antarctic ice sheet and prevent a sea level rise of more than 3 meters, but it would require snow cannons, ocean water, and energy on an almost industrial scale at the end of the world.

The Blood Falls of Antarctica hide a living ecosystem trapped under the ice for over 2 million years, where microbes survive without light, without oxygen, and without ever having seen the Sun.

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