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More than 100 countries grow sugarcane, including the U.S. which ranks among the top ten producers. (Source: Food & Agriculture Organization)
American automotive engineer Roberta Nichols is considered the “Mother of the Flex Fuel Vehicle.” She designed the world’s first, and today flex fuel vehicles comprise 90% of new car sales in Brazil. (Source: Energy Victory, ANFAVEA)
Henry Ford designed the first mass-produced automobile, the famed Model T Ford, to run on pure ethanol. He said it was "the fuel of the future." (Source: Ford Motor Company)
Sugarcane is used to make many things such as refined table sugar, energy and electricity, bioplastics and, of course, ethanol.
Sugarcane ethanol powered race cars kicked off the IZOD Indy Car Series in March 2010.

EPA has designated sugarcane ethanol as an “Advanced Renewable Fuel” – an important category of superior biofuels that will make up at least 15 billion gallons of America’s fuel supply by 2022. (Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Sugarcane ethanol today cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 60-90% compared to gasoline – more than any other biofuel in large scale production.
California has classified sugarcane ethanol as a “low-carbon” fuel that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s transportation sector. (Source: California Air Resources Board)
Since sugarcane, a semi-perennial crop, only needs to be replanted every five to seven years it can be harvested without uprooting the plant.

Brazil and the U.S. have both been using ethanol for more than 30 years. During that time, Brazil has replaced half of its gasoline needs with sugarcane ethanol.
Brazil has replaced more than half of its fuel needs with sugarcane ethanol – making gasoline the alternative fuel there. (Source: ANP)