作者：Philip Brasher 和 Dan Piller，DesMoinesRegister.com
A spokesman for Brazilian ethanol maker Unica responded to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision approving a 15 percent blend for ethanol with regular unleaded gasoline by suggesting that such approval should trigger an end to the 45-cent-per-gallon subsidy for blenders of ethanol in the US.
Joel Velasco of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association said “many U.S. ethanol groups have argued recently that after 30 years of tax credits and trade protection they are ready to compete without subsidies provided the government grants them greater access to America’s fuel pumps. With the EPA’s decision to increase ethanol limits by 50 percent for newer vehicles, that day has arrived.”
美国乙醇搅拌机的 45 美分补贴将于 2010 年底到期，美国乙醇生产商正在为国会的延期而苦恼。
巴西不补贴其以甘蔗为原料的乙醇工业。它还允许在机动车辆中混合使用高达 25% 的燃料。
(资源： DesMoinesRegister.com)