[HaroldinCR]

Strange thing is, no mention of sugar beets in any discussion of ethanol. Way more tonnage per acre and minimal crop waste. Sugar cane used to be burned before cutting, in Florida. Not sure if that is still done, or even in Brazil. Imagine the air pollution of all that black smoke.

Update: There's potential for at least three such plants in central California, said Tischer; producing a total of 40 million gallons of beet biofuel annually. He said California beets are expected to garner some 1200 gallons of ethanol per acre (or almost twice the amount of a typical corn crop)