ɪn tɹˈɑːpɪkəl ɹˈiːdʒənz wɪð ɐbˈʌndənt wˈɔːɾɚ ænd lˈænd ɹᵻsˈoːɹsᵻz, sˈʌtʃ ɐz bɹɐzˈɪl ænd kəlˈʌmbiə, ðə vˌaɪəbˈɪlᵻɾi ʌv pɹədˈʌkʃən ʌv ˈɛθɐnˌɑːl fɹʌm ʃˈʊɡɚkˌeɪn ɪz nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚɹ ɪn kwˈɛstʃən; ɪn fˈækt, ðə bˈɜːnɪŋ ʌv ʃˈʊɡɚkˈeɪn ɹˈɛsɪdˌuːz bˈæɡæs dʒˈɛnɚɹˌeɪts fˈɑːɹmˌoːɹ ˈɛnɚdʒi ðɐn nˈiːdᵻd tʊ ˈɑːpɚɹˌeɪt ðɪ ˈɛθɐnˌɑːl plˈænts, ænd mˈɛnɪəv ðˌɛm ɑːɹ nˈaʊ sˈɛlɪŋ ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk ˈɛnɚdʒi tə ðə juːtˈɪlᵻɾiz.
In tropical regions with abundant water and land resources, such as Brazil and Colombia, the viability of production of ethanol from sugarcane is no longer in question; in fact, the burning of sugar-cane residues (bagasse) generates far more energy than needed to operate the ethanol plants, and many of them are now selling electric energy to the utilities.