We don't have the proper climate to grow sugar cane to yield ethanol anywhere in the U.S. except for Hawaii. A few spots in Florida will support it's growth, but not good enough to yield a useful product. It takes a lot of land. In regard to Brazil, they've been trashing a lot of food-producing farms and woodlands to convert to sugar-cane for fuel. I suspect it won't work long-term and they will be in a worse mess later.
Either way, it certainly won't work in the U.S. We can't grow the sugar cane, and we also use a lot more fuel - for industry, and for jerking around - than Brazil does.
Yes, the U.S. certainly is behind in certain technologies - but many of them are bogus anyway.
Germany and the Netherlands have invested heavily into wind and solar-electric which DOES make sense, long-term. In regard to the often hyped-up "new" alternative fuels - I don't know of a single one that has been proven to provide a sustained yield over time. Many deplete soils, and use more petroleum to process and transport - than the petroleum fuel if it had been used directly.
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