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Locally produced ethanol to replace petrol?
Sri Lanka has the capability to produce sufficient bio fuel locally to meet the entire demand of petrol driven vehicles in the country and thus bring about massive foreign exchange savings as the need to import petrol will be almost unnecessary.
According to a proposal submitted by Pelwatte Sugar Industries Ltd (PSIL) the country can be self-sufficient in bio fuel as a substitute for petrol, by cultivating 65,000 hectares of sugarcane, which will be used to produce Ethanol.
"Brazil is using sugarcane ethanol to run almost 100 percent of its vehicles.
