Sweetest fuel in Texas: Turning sugar cane into ethanol could benefit Valley.

From: Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX) | Date: February 15, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Tony Vindell

Feb. 15--SANTA ROSA -- When Jorge Da Silva went to his native country last year, he discovered that the taxi he was riding in ran on two types of fuel: gasoline and ethanol. He also learned that the ethanol available at most Brazilian filling stations was made using, not corn, but sugar cane, one of that South American country's chief crops.

Da Silva, a sugar cane researcher at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Weslaco, was thrilled with this new knowledge. "I am proud to say that Brazil actually showed the world that it can produce ...

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