The Sugarcane Industry Union in Brazil, has plans to promote ethanol as a biofuel in the European Union (EU) by opening an “Ethanol Embassy” in Brussels (the EU capital). The embassy aims to “convince Europe's public opinion of the advantages of Brazilian ethanol over other forms of biofuel, in the light of heightened scepticism that do not differentiate between the many different fuels available”. The Biopact website says, that objectively, sugarcane ethanol, is a “sustainable biofuel”. Scientific studies (including life cycle assessment studies) have shown that sugarcane ethanol, in contrast to other bioethanol feedstocks, has a better net energy number and better in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Sugarcane ethanol has been found to have a net energy value of 8 to10 (meaning 8 to 10 times energy can be obtained from the use of the fuel compared to the energy required to produce it), and reduces 80% of greenhouse gas emissions as a gasoline substitute. The ethanol embassy will closely track developments on biofuels in the EU, and “lobby and intervene when it thinks this is necessary”..