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Originally Posted by Varn
Remember that Brazil uses recyclable fuels namely 80% ethanol.
I was in venezuela and Peru in the late 90's. In Peru gas was higher than US prices at the time and venezuela a nearby country sold gas for .50 cents a gallon. ....deleted political comment...
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I'm not really an ethanol die-hard fanboy, unless you were talking about cachaça
Gasoline is still way cheaper in Venezuela, but actually its quality is not so great. You might remember that "white recall" promoted by BMW, the so-called "engine campaign" taken in '96 to replace some engines with cylinder sleeves made out of Nikasil because it didn't have a good resistance to the sulphur content from Venezuelan gasoline. Some vehicles even caught on fire in Brazil, Venezuela and the United States, mainly in Florida as far as I remember.