The following are mentioned in the article
- India is a water-stressed nation, same is the case with the land. So ethanol production via excess sugar cane will not a viable option for India (1kg sugar cane use up to 2500Liters of water)
- Compared to the world’s biggest biofuel producers, ie US and Brazil, Both of them have low to medium water stress, and they entered this niche way before India. India is late to the party, late by 20yrs when petrol is losing ground to EVs.
- By moving to Ethanol, India will only be saving $ 4 billion/ year. This is trivial for a nation soon to be a $5Trillion economy. Further Incentives and price guarantees given by Govt may result in the overproduction of sugarcanes and will further stress the Underground water table.
- Where the excess ethanol will go if EVs gain traction, or how viable will ethanol be if crude, currently over $75 a barrel, falls to $50. This may force govt to subsidise oil companies to lift ethanol.
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