Agriculture's Energy
Rogers, Thomas D.![Agriculture's Energy](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/387/38756578/CHSBZCOP0338756578.jpg)
Thomas D. Rogers's history of a modernizing Brazil tracks what happened when a key government program, created in the 1970s by the nation's military regime, aspired to harness energy produced by sugarcane agriculture to power the country's economy. The National Alcohol Program, known as Proalcool, was a deliberate economic strategy designed to incentivize ethanol production and reduce gasoline consumption. As Brazil's capacity grew and as inte...