ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors provide an outlook of future ethanol consumption as a fuel, even knowing that market projections are questionable and require periodic updates so as to effectively represent reality and include technological advances that certainly will occur over the years. It is relatively safe to assume that the use of ethanol as a universal additive, as E10, is feasible for almost all countries, considering environmental protection, emissions reduction, low toxicity, and low costs, and this blend level will meet the minimum oxygen content required for good quality oxygenated gasoline. The adoption of E10 will require diversification of ethanol production worldwide, including feedstock and production technologies, but for simplification reasons and its superior environmental qualities, the authors consider that sugarcane will be the main feedstock. Furthermore, E10 meets the US and EU market demands, and is also appropriate in the developing countries.
