I think it's very interesting that last November, Florida Governor Charles Crist — the governor of the state that produces more
sugar cane than any
other, and about a fifth of all American
sugar — visited Brazil and proposed ending America's tariff on
sugar ethanol from that country.
In
other words, cellulosic conversion technology could easily drive deforestation, especially in the tropics where converting natural systems to fuel would be easier
than planting potential fuel - crops like oil palm,
sugar cane, soybeans, or corn.