Earlier someone posted about Argentina's windmill/turbine energy in Patagonia.
Here's an article (also from the BBC) about ethanol in Brazil. Using Brazilian sugar can to make the ethanol, they don't have to deal with complicated trade politics. Over 80% of the new cars sold in Brazil are made to use both gasoline and ethanol, and most pump stations offer both.
Seems cool to me, though I'm sure there are environmental and labor concerns. And the Big 3 in Michigan would go nuts if we tried to do that in the US, but maybe it could happen.
I also find it interesting that making sugar cane into ethanol is a putrid process, since I only think of extremely pleasant smells when I think of sugar. : )
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