Ethanol-A Blessing in Disguise?

[BigTex]

Just to let you know, the current process in which ethanol is being produced is through fermentation of sugars. All fermentation releases carbon dioxide so it might end up producing even more net CO2 than normal petroleum which basically solves our fuel dependency, but elevates the global warming problem

Creates only as much CO2 as would have been produced if you let the corn decay.

With many farmers moving over to corn to feed the growing ethanol demand (or what they hope will be a demand) I see an opportunity for Africans.
Don't cry about how the price of food and livestock will increase, complain about the lack of investment in AFRICA! The largest un-tapped (Since 1900) farmland, and at dirt cheat prices!

Major problem, corn is ridiculously inefficient at producing ethanol. Sugar cane and beat's are far better at producing ethanol then almost any other plant. There wouldnt be enough land in the world to produce enough ethanol if we used corn.

Also Africa is a very bad place to try to grow sugar cane. It takesn nearly a year to grow. Wouldnt do well with the rainy/dry cycle Africa has.