http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/22/how-fidel-castro-biofooled-the-world-on-biofuels-global-starvation-no-longer-an-issue-as-cuba-rockets-forward-with-sugarcane-ethanol/ The world's most widely-read biofuels daily Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/22/how-fidel-castro-biofooled-the-world-on-biofuels-global-starvation-no-longer-an-issue-as-cuba-rockets-forward-with-sugarcane-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 Greentech Media: Green Light » Blog Archive » Cuba Libre, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Ethanol Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/22/how-fidel-castro-biofooled-the-world-on-biofuels-global-starvation-no-longer-an-issue-as-cuba-rockets-forward-with-sugarcane-ethanol/#comment-1149 [...] But Raul Castro does. Earlier this week Fidel resigned as Cuba’s president, bringing an end to the Cold War and the return of peace on ear… wait, nevermind. With his retirement comes the opportunity for Cuba to bolster its economy through the production and export of sugarcane ethanol. The Communist holdout has worked in secret for a few years to upgrade it’s ethanol production infrastructure, building as many as 17 ethanol refineries. Analysts estimate Cuba could produce between 2 billion and 3.2 billion gallons of ethanol a year, putting it third behind the U.S. and Brazil in global production. [...] [...] But Raul Castro does. Earlier this week Fidel resigned as Cuba’s president, bringing an end to the Cold War and the return of peace on ear… wait, nevermind. With his retirement comes the opportunity for Cuba to bolster its economy through the production and export of sugarcane ethanol. The Communist holdout has worked in secret for a few years to upgrade it’s ethanol production infrastructure, building as many as 17 ethanol refineries. Analysts estimate Cuba could produce between 2 billion and 3.2 billion gallons of ethanol a year, putting it third behind the U.S. and Brazil in global production. [...]

]]> http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/22/how-fidel-castro-biofooled-the-world-on-biofuels-global-starvation-no-longer-an-issue-as-cuba-rockets-forward-with-sugarcane-ethanol/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 NathanSchock Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:41:35 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/02/22/how-fidel-castro-biofooled-the-world-on-biofuels-global-starvation-no-longer-an-issue-as-cuba-rockets-forward-with-sugarcane-ethanol/#comment-1145 You mean, we shouldn't listen to a third-world dictator on our energy policy? Go figure. You mean, we shouldn’t listen to a third-world dictator on our energy policy? Go figure.

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