The cars that sip more liquor than you do
Biofuels have been around as long as cars have. At the start of the  20th century, Henry Ford planned to fuel his Model Ts with ethanol, and  early diesel engines were shown to run on peanut oil.  But  discoveries of huge petroleum deposits kept gasoline and diesel cheap  for decades, and biofuels were largely forgotten. However, with the  recent rise in oil prices, along with growing concern about global  warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions, biofuels have been regaining  popularity but not so much in Uganda.   A case study in Brazil which has the world's largest fleet of flex fuel cars where close to 80% of the vehicles there run mostly on flex fuels.   Kakira Sugar is preparing to commission its $37 million ethanol facility in July that will produce 20 million liters annually from molasses. With the country’s E20 policy pending implementation, the company expects to see a rise in the local fuel market or potential into the chemical market for products such as hand sanitize...