Corn and Sugar cane serving as Fuel for Cars

Research shows that sugary and starchy parts of crops such as sugar cane, corn or wheat can be converted into Bioethanol. Bioethanol can be used to blend with petrol. Actually this is not a new innovation to the developed world as countries such as United States of America and Brazil produce a large quantity of Bioethanol produced from Corn and Sugar Cane respectively. To use Bioethanol as fuel, it has to be mixed with petrol (10% bioethanol with 90% petrol). Bioethanol is a renewable fuel.Ethanol produced from sugar cane in Brazil has been found to produce at least 50 percent less greenhouse gas emissions compared with their fossil fuel equivalent, although the calculation of greenhouse gases is a controversial area of science. But on the detrimental part, bioethanol cannot be used as fuel on its own. It also has a lower energy density than fossil fuel equivalent, so motorist are able to drive few distance on a litre of bioethanol compared with a litre of normal car fuel.