Brazil leads the world in the development of alcohol as a fuel for transport. But has it really found a way of appreciably reducing its dependence on oil? Maurice Bazin reports.
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Maurice Bazin is a science journalist specialising in Latin America. He is advising the Brazilian government on the teaching of physics.
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Bazin, M. Brazil: running on alcohol. Nature 282, 550–551 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/282550a0
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