What is ethanol?
Ethanol is an organic solvent, similar in properties to the hundreds of other components of petroleum-derived gasoline. Yet, there is a big difference: ethanol burns cleaner itself, and also it burns more completely the petrol it is blended into.
Ethanol can be made from natural resources, organic liquids or coal beside grains, cassava etc. but the sources that are most common, cheaper and also renewable are natural raw materials such as sugarcane juice or molasses.
This is because the raw material will be remade in exactly the same way during the following crop cycle. This is a result of the action of photosynthesis upon the carbon dioxide.
In India, ethanol is mainly derived by sugarcane molasses, which is a by-product in the conversion of sugarcane to sugar. Therefore, ethanol does not compromise on the food security front.
The government's EBP programme would lead to better returns for sugar cane farmers and therefore better sugarcane and sugar production.
In India, ethanol production does not take away land from food crops. Ethanol production = Higher cane price = Rural prosperity.
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