The economy of heat.(Brazil)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: April 14, 2007 | Copyright information

Brazil's new driving force

Nature has been almost too kind to Brazil

A PINE tree in a Finnish forest takes 50 years before it can be pulped and milled into paper. A eucalyptus tree in Espirito Santo, on Brazil's coast, is ready in seven. Growers in Petrolina, in Brazil's north-east, harvest grapes twice a year, twice as often as their competitors in France. Sadia, a meat producer, needs no electricity to heat its chicken houses, unlike its competitors in colde...

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