[Sci-tech-public] MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History Series via Zoom: Nov 4 , 2022

[Kathleen Lopes]

Friday, Nov 4 @ 2:30pm ET
A Zoom Lecture
Please register in advance here<https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsfuCvqjgiGdD1S3nF_XJOF09Q1fvSRewB>

Greening an Alternative Energy: The Rise of the Brazilian Ethanol Industry
Presented by:
Jennifer Eaglin
Associate Professor
Ohio State University

Today, Brazilian sugarcane ethanol is the most efficient biofuel on the global fuel market, and Brazil is the largest biofuel exporter in the world. Although Brazil has gained international renown for its sugarcane ethanol, few scholars have explored how it achieved this reputation. In fact, the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964-85 pioneered the ethanol boom through the National Ethanol Program, which it launched in 1975. This talk traces the Brazilian ethanol industry from its inception under state tutelage in 1933, through a state-led ethanol program (Proálcool) under the dictatorship, to the industry's demise in 1990 and its 2003 rebirth with the launch of the flexible fuel engine that runs on any combination of ethanol and gasoline. Through her discussion of this Brazilian example, Eaglin more broadly explores the social and environmental implications of transforming sugarcane into a large-scale domestic fuel option as part of one of the most advanced alternative energy initiatives in the world.




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Kathleen Lopes
Administrative Assistant II
History Section, SHASS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

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