The US is trying to use ethanol right now. Only problem is, the US isn't as good as Brazil making it, and there's a large import tariff because the Gov't is pandering to the Iowa ethanol growers.
Very true. I'm still lost as to why they want to use wood chips or corn to make ethanol. Sugar cane/sugar beats are by far more effective at producing ethanol. But still the point of using ethanol is to become energy selfsufficient so why would we want to trade one import for another?