Japan jumps on the bioethanol bandwagon

Article title: Japan jumps on the ethanol bandwagon
Journal: The Japan Times ONLINE
Published: Friday June 15 2007
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Japan is looking to bioethanol as a way not to depend on imported energy, at the same time, cut emissions as required under the Kyoto Protocol. Bioethanol is an alcohol made by fermenting organic matter, typically corn, sugar cane, wheat rice, in a process similar to brewing beer. This attractive new source for energy-hungry Japan cut greenhouse gas emissions to 6 percent below 1990 levels under the Kyoto protocol. The rapidly growing demand causes driving up the market price of the sugar cane and corn for food in Brazil and America, the two biggest bioethanol producers, because of the shortage of those products. And more, there are still many problems on bioethanol. Japan try to improve them and is needed to find a new technology for a new energy to reduce gas emissions and solve the problem of substitute for fuel.