It is important now, more so, than ever before that Sugarcane is recognised for it's nation building potential and not just Sugar as per the current out-dated price and supply agreements between landowners and millers.

This crop is currently harvested and milled into juice and fibre. Juice can be used to create numerous end products including Rum, Sugar and Ethanol. Fibre also has a variety of usages including Renewable Electricity and K-fibre (a flour type product).

An Ethanol mandate would create a market with economic growth and employment opportunities industry and nationwide. Ethanol is already proven (Brazil) to reduce foreign reliance and dependency of a depletive, unsustainable, monopoly, polluting fossil fuel source. Healthy competition has already brought about welcomed market corrections to fuel prices and a locally sourced, renewable and sustainable fuel supply can only be in our national interests not only economically but also environmentally by reducing the fuel industry footprint through crop sourcing and emission reductions.

An example of such opportunities that can be explored include the attached project currently in progress:

To Whom It May Concern,

RE: Dual source powered engine

We wish to apply for funding to help us develop an engine which can be powered by ethanol and/or diesel fuel sources. Please do not confuse this with a common assumption of blending the two. Our plan is to make them co-exist for benefits to be outlined further down the page.

To give you a basic overview we are not reinventing the wheel here. Imagine if you will a diesel farm tractor as you are familiar with today. Turbo, non-turbo, air-cooled, inter-cooled, etc … none of these options matter to us as our only requirement is that it be a diesel engine.

Now as you know when your foot places downward pressure on the throttle peddle fuel consumption increases to give the desired increases of speed and power required by the operator to perform the task at hand. Fuel rate is controlled by a governor within the fuel injection system to match operator requirements communicated via the above mentioned throttle mechanism.

This is currently accepted worldwide as normal practice and will continue to be the standard while we blindly consume a monopoly fossil fuel source at an ever increasing rate. However as you are aware a shift is taking place globally and Ethanol is a renewable and sustainable fuel source that can be utilised as an alternate fuel.

Our intention of this venture as stated above is to expand consumer options of fuel sourcing without being totally dependent on one, similar to any smart investment strategy by not having all our eggs in the same basket. How do we plan to make this happen you ask?

The idea to be funded is really quite simple. All we are proposing to do is fit out a farm tractor with an additional fuel tank and fuel injection system. The trick involves timing this additional system to inject the fuel source (Ethanol) into the combustion chamber prior to the original fuel source (Diesel) resulting in the Diesel fuel system governor to be fooled into believing the machine is running at idle when in fact through the throttle mechanism Ethanol is being injected to achieve the required speed or power demanded by the operator. Via direct injection we bypass all the complications of blended fuels as the required rates can be adjusted at operator discretion.

Operators will still have the option of using Diesel only by simply not utilizing the additional fuel injection system however our original study does not plan on focusing to give the operator the choice to run 100% on Ethanol at this point in time. This may be achieved by a further study or project but our aim is to keep the idea as simple as possible during a transitional period with maximum benefit to user, industry and environment.

Benefits which can be discussed in further detail include:

INCREASE CHOICE - Expansion of fuel source choices to aid the shift towards renewable and sustainable energy

DECREASE BIAS - Healthy competition created by this shift has resulted in welcomed market corrections

SECURE SUPPLY - Sustainable, renewable and local  vs depletive, unreplaceable foreign reliance/dependence

SATISFY DEMAND - Affordability resulting from market competition promotes growth and opportunity

BETTER HEALTH - Reduction of fuel industry footprint through crop sourcing and reduced emissions via usage

LESS WASTE - Reduced emissions enables conversion of older machinery to meet/exceed today’s standards

_________  Michael Hodder, Coastal Harvesting Company Pty Ltd _________  Kel Bunyan, Buntek Pty Ltd