Do you have any idea what the world’s biggest commodity is? If you are a writer and want a great topic to include in your story - you should? How can you build great novels without understanding the world you live in? There are amazing things to write about in your own home, in your own kitchen, on your own table.

sugarfrombrazil_2.jpgDo you know how many Sugar Types there are?  In 2006 Brazil produced thirty million tonnes of sugar, 20% of the world’s sugar production. Brazil exported 17.7 million tonnes, 40% of the sugar traded in the world that year.

Some say that Brazil could swamp the world’s market with cheap sugar. They did so in 2002, when a bumper sugar crop sent world prices plummeting to below five cents per pound.

Ethanol, is a product of sugar cane. In fact, much of the sugar cane crop is used for ethanol production.

Can you see a thriller in this? Instead of your next romance hero being the CEO of an ambiguous American corporation, what about a mysterious plantation owner? 

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