On what land? China doesn’t have enough fertile land to produce enough ethanol for its fuel needs, even if it gave up all food production & imported all its food.
Brazil can produce ethanol at a profit because it has lots of fertile land in proportion to its population.
Imports from Africa are still imports. They’re insecure as long as China does not control the sea routes, & that control is not likely.
China will remain dependent on fuel imports unless it can find huge reserves of oil or gas under its own territory or EEZ. Why do you think China is so aggressive in its ridiculous EEZ claims?
latest research show it is much more effiecient and cheaper to produce ethanol from algae instead of crop plant…. it dont need vast area so China can do too but it is new biotech and need years before applied on commercial scale…
too late for brazil though, they already destroy part of Amazon with its beautiful specieses….:(
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