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Originally Posted by JG34JA
VW produces ethanol only versions of their small 4's for the Brazilian market, as do other automakers. The amount of sunlight we get in Australia is ridiculous and research has shown you do not need to use prime farming land to produce algae - some of which produce oils (diesel), others being worked on for starch (ethanol). No need to convert current ICE technology. For the land, much more sensible than fracking it.
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Holden was also doing this in Port Melbourne a few years back, one of my workmates was the line manager on the engine plant. They were sending the engines to Brazil, I can ask him on Monday what was different about those particular engines.