商业化的酒精生产开始于20世纪70年代后期的巴西,而后出现在美国。巴西用的原料是甘蔗,而美国依靠的是玉米和高粱。与巴西和美国不同的是,欧盟在一些年之后才开始酒精的制造。由于欧盟成员国主要致力于生物柴油的生产,故酒精生产显得并没有前两个国家同等重要。柴油机汽车数量的不断提高,加油站的柴油价格较汽油的便宜,还有使用柴油机汽车的税金较少,这些 Commercialized alcohol production began in Brazil in the late 1970s and then in the United States. The raw materials used in Brazil are sugar cane, while the United States relies on corn and sorghum. Unlike Brazil and the United States, the EU started producing alcohol only after some years. Since EU member states are mainly focused on biodiesel production, alcohol production does not appear to be equally important in the first two countries. Diesel cars continue to increase the number of gas stations gas cheaper than gasoline, as well as the use of diesel vehicles less tax, these