Another busy day in Florianópolis today. We spent the day touring the city with Rodrigo and Daniel. They took us to a looks out where we could see all of Florianópolis from about. The view was absolutely amazing. We also went to the beach, sand dunes, the lagoon and visited a small fisher mans town. This town is home to the first cobble stone street that was built for the princess of Portugal when she was coming to visit. Florianópolis is such a beautiful city and everything we saw today made me not want to leave.
After the city tour we went to listen to Professor Dr. Baltazar Guerra speak about his research through the university and with the European Union. As an economist he spoke about Brazils energy demands and how they plan to meet them while maintaining their green initiatives. I asked Dr. Guerra what he thought how Brazils investment in off shore oil would effect the countries ethanol, wind, solar and other renewable energy efforts. He responded by saying that he believes that Brazil views their off shore oil investments are seen as an exporting opportunity and they don't intend to use the oil for their own consumption.
Until tomorrow,
Jess
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