A recent issue of a motorists association newsletter mentioned trials of flex fuel vehicles using E85 from household waste in Australia. This reminded me that on my recent trip to Brazil I had been given a ride in a flex fuel car but had not mentioned this in the blog. The driver explained to me that it could burn any mix of alcohol or petrol, the engine simply adapted. Brazil is in the forefront of this technology as it has been substituting alcohol from sugar cane since 1976 and has worked on generations of flex fuel vehicles. It is in a good position to do this due to its large amount of arable land and abundant sunshine, as well as a large internal market.
Those Wikipedia articles are quite detailed and would make good reading.
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