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Chinese region replaces oil with bioethanol fuel
18th April, 2008
In China, crops such as cassava are used for ethanol in place of corn, which was banned to maintain food supplies
Petrol stations in all of the region's cities began selling bioethanol fuel earlier in April.
Guangxi is the first Chinese locality to commercially produce ethanol fuel with cassava instead of grain. It is the largest production base for cassava in China, accounting for more than 60%of the country's annual production.
China banned the use of grain for ethanol production last year to maintain food supplies. Biofuel manufacturers have since turned to sweet potatoes, sorghum and straw instead.
It is hoped that ethanol fuel will help ease Guangxi's energy supplies and help cut carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions by around 30% and 10% respectively.
