>Of course that might be a hard sell given the importance of the ethanol production industry in the economy.
It's less important than it looks like, but it's backed up by a rather nasty political mafia.
At least for SP/PR/SC/RS, a better approach is to simply forget that the Brazilian government exists, and implement measures to reduce fuel consumption. Such as building an actually usable trains infrastructure for goods transportation across cities, and investing further on public transportation for passengers inside large metropolises.
It's less important than it looks like, but it's backed up by a rather nasty political mafia.
At least for SP/PR/SC/RS, a better approach is to simply forget that the Brazilian government exists, and implement measures to reduce fuel consumption. Such as building an actually usable trains infrastructure for goods transportation across cities, and investing further on public transportation for passengers inside large metropolises.