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Aug 26, 2006

"The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key." --Edward Abbey

2 Million Alcohol Cars of Brazil

Brazil's new generation of cars and trucks adapted to run on alcohol has just hit the two-million mark, motor industry figures show. "Flex-fuel" vehicles, which run on any combination of ethanol and petrol, now make up 77% of the Brazilian market. Brazil has pioneered the use of ethanol derived from sugar-cane as motor fuel; it began its Pro-Alcohol programme more than 20 years ago to promote the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel for cars.