[GreenYes] Florida aims to learn energy lessons from Brazil FYI Leonard Wheeler

[LWheeler45@no.address]

Florida aims to learn energy lessons from  Brazil
South Florida Business Journal - 3:35 PM EDT  Monday

    *   At the invitation of the governor of the São Paulo, the executive 
director  of _Florida  FTAA_ 
(http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q="Florida%20FTAA"&t=southflorida)  is on a mission to that city and Brasilia to 
advance Florida's  ethanol initiative and strengthen partnerships with Brazil. 
Brian Dean is leading the mission at the invitation Claudio Lembo.      
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Group participants are Jorge L. Arrizurieta, chair of the international  
policy group at _Akerman  Senterfitt_ 
(http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q="Akerman%20Senterfitt"&t=southflorida) ; Dominique Virchaux, managing 
partner at _Virchaux  & Associates_ 
(http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q="Virchaux%20&%20Associates"&t=southflorida) ; Mario Fernandez, president of 
_Guardeaqui_ 
(http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q="Guardeaqui"&t=southflorida) ;  Timothy McCarthy, managing partner at _Hughes,  Hubbard & Reed_ 
(http://www.bizjournals.com/search/
bin/search?q="Hughes,%20Hubbard%20&%20Reed"&t=southflorida) ; and Bill Perry, principal at _William  Perry & Associates_ 
(http://www.bizjournals.com/search/bin/search?q="William%20Perry%20&%20Associa
tes"&t=southflorida) .  
"Brazil has led the way in the development and use of agriculturally derived  
renewable sources of fuel, an accomplishment that, over three decades, has 
led  to an impressive public and private sector partnership," Dean said. "We 
will be  meeting with both governmental and industry leaders in our effort to 
build  synergies with Brazil toward the implementation of a regional energy 
security  policy that includes the core ingredients of the governor's policy 
proposal."  
Gov. Jeb Bush has tasked Florida FTAA with advancing his "15 by '15" ethanol  
initiative, which recommends the United States adopt a "hemispheric wide  
approach to ethanol," developing a plan to pump 15 billion gallons of ethanol  
into the marketplace by 2015.  
"The U.S. could learn some important lessons from Brazil, which has achieved  
the enviable goal of energy self-sufficiency with ethanol playing a vital 
role,"  said Arrizurieta, mission delegate and co-chair of Florida FTAA's ethanol 
 advocacy committee.
 
 


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