>It's from Central America. The Portuguese and Arabs spread it all >over world by the end of the 16th century. It was prized for soap >and perfume production. The Southern US is it's northern most >range. It's used for de-desertfication and it is inter cropped with >food crops. So, third world farmers, reclaim farmland, use it a >nitrogen fertilizer, make biodiesel and use the fuel for >electrification and water pumping. See ><http://www.d1plc.com/index.php><http://www.d1plc.com/index.php> >for more details.
http://www.d1plc.com/aboutSustainable.php D1 Oils - Sustainable development >Our primary biodiesel feedstock, Jatropha curcas, grows on >non-arable, marginal and waste land. It need not compete with vital >food crops for good agricultural land. > >We are committed to the sustainable planting, harvesting and >refining of jatropha and other commercial energy crops. "Sustainable development" does not result from the "best crop/best technology" approach. Export cropping has not been shown to benefit local communities in poor countries, quite the opposite, and export of biofuels to distant markets is not something that will survive the carbon economy. Local production, local use. This is how sustainable development works: http://journeytoforever.org/community.html Community development http://journeytoforever.org/community2.html Community development - poverty and hunger D1 Oils says: "Rural poverty and unemployment are huge problems in the developing world, and energy crops offer the scale to impact poverty through providing farming jobs and rejuvenating agriculture and the communities that depend upon it." How involved were the local communities themselves in devising this scheme and choosing jatropha? Did DI Oils ask them yet? How do D1 Oils and their scheme differ from the plantation economies of the colonial era, if at all? Why would the results be any different? Best Keith >I've no idea what the GMO version will do, pro or con. > > >Regards, >JQ > > >Joe Street wrote: > >>Since that plant is not native to this continent will I have to get >>a permit from anyone to import the seeds? >>What is the procedure with that? >>Joe >> >>James Quaid wrote: >> >>>I'd like to give you a recommendation. But, the last batch of >>>seeds I purchased aren't sprouting too well. This may be due to >>>the ground temps being below 70F. Jat likes 75 - 80F soil temps. >>>Contact me in 3 weeks and I'll give you a status report. >>> >>>Has anyone else sprouted Jat successfully in the US? I'm at it's >>>most nothern range 33 deg N lat. >>> >>>Regards, >>>JQ >>> >>>Mike Cappiello wrote: >>> >>>>please tell me how you aquired the seeds. thanks, Mike >>>>cappiello >>>>--- James Quaid >>>><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Keith, >>>>> >>>>>I'm doing a Jatropha cultivation experiment in AZ. >>>>>It survived the 115F. >>>>>But the 24F killed a 1/3 of my test planting. It is >>>>>very sensitive to a >>>>>hard freeze. And according to what I've read, >>>>>standard breeds will >>>>>produce 300 gal/ acre 600 gal/acre if it blooms >>>>>twice. Jatropha >>>>>originally from Central America. I'd be very >>>>>interested to see what the >>>>>GMO stuff does especially in cold climes. >>>>> >>>>>I'm having a heckuva time sprouting seedlings. The >>>>>current batch of >>>>>seeds I have is from Suriname. We will be doing an >>>>>acre test planting on >>>>>a farm with saline wells. Jatropha can allegedly >>>>>handle salt pretty well. >>>>> >>>>>Here's what the Germans are doing with it: >>>>><http://www.d1plc.com><http://www.d1plc.com> >>>>> >>>>>Regards, >>>>>JQ >>>>> >>>>>Keith Addison wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>><http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-biodiesel1707apr17,0,4223949.s >>>>tory>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-biodiesel1707apr17,0,4223949.s >>>>tory? >>>> >>>> >>>>>>track=mostemailedlink >>>>>>'Farming our fuel' >>>>>>Officials from a local company will tout the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>jatropha plant today in >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Tallahassee. "We're doing things right here in >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Orlando that are going >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>to change America." >>>>>> >>>>>>Rich Mckay | Sentinel Staff Writer >>>>>>Posted April 17, 2007 >>>>>> >>>>>>ABOUT BIODIESEL >>>>>>What is it? >>>>>>Biodiesel is a fuel made from rendered vegetable >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>oils or animal fats >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>refined through a chemical reaction with an >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>alcohol. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>What can be used to make it? >>>>>>Soybean oil is used to make most of the biodiesel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>in the U.S. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Restaurant grease or any vegetable oil such as >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>corn, canola, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>cottonseed, mustard oil also can be used. Jatropha >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>oil is widely used >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>in India and Asia. Other companies are developing >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>ways to make >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>biodiesel out of algae, restaurant scraps and even >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>animal carcasses. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Why bother? >>>>>>Biodiesel is considered an alternative to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>petroleum diesel because it >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>can be grown, rather than pumped from a well. It >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>is also considered a >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>neutral gas. It doesn't put back into the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>atmosphere anything it >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>didn't absorb when it was part of the environment. >>>>>>Is it as powerful as diesel? >>>>>>It is considered to have the same power as >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>petroleum diesel. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>What engines can use it? >>>>>>It can be mixed with petroleum diesel and used in >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>unmodified diesel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>engines. Engines can be modified to run 100 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>percent on biodiesel. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>What does biodiesel smell like? >>>>>>That depends its source. Some say it smells like >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>french fries. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Biodiesel made from jatropha doesn't have a strong >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>odor. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>SOURCE: Sentinel research >>>>>> >>>>>>America, meet your next tank of gas -- made from >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>superpowered seeds. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>A couple of Orlando entrepreneurs say that a >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Malaysian variety newly >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>approved for U.S. import could help solve >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>America's energy woes and >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>boost Central Florida's economy with a new cash >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>crop. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>State Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>along with executives >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>from the Orlando-based Xenerga Inc., are scheduled >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>to introduce a >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>patented version of the jatropha plant today in >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Tallahassee. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>"We're doing things right here in Orlando that are >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>going to change >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>America," said Dave Jarrett, a company spokesman. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>"Just wait and see." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>The oil pressed from the jatropha nut can be used >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>to make biodiesel, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>producing six to eight times the amount of energy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>extracted from >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>soybeans -- the most common crop used for >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>biodiesel in the U.S. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Xenerga president Jason Sayers and his business >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>partner Victor Clewes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>have the exclusive patent on the high-octane >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>version of the plant >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>with seeds that grow inside bunches of fat green >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>pods the size of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>peach pits. >>>>>> >>>>>>It can produce 1,600 gallons of biodiesel per >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>acre, compared with >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>soy's 200 gallons, Sayers said. >>>>>> >>>>>>A Lake Wales farmer is ready to grow 5,000 acres >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>of the genetically >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>enhanced jatropha, Jarrett said. And unlike soy, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>which takes lots of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>tending, fertilizer and water, the jatropha plant >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>can grow happily in >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>arid soil, with little water and almost no >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>tending. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>"Think of it as farming our fuel," Sayers said. >>>>>> >>>>>>President Bush mandated that refineries should >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>have renewable fuels >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>blended into 7.5 billion gallons of the nation's >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>fuel supply by 2012. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Only about 75 million gallons of biodiesel were >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>sold in the U.S. last >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>year, compared with about 6 billion gallons of >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>petroleum diesel, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>according to the National Biodiesel Board, a trade >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>organization. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>"Biodiesel is huge in Europe and Asia," Sayers >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>said. "America is just >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>now catching up." >>>>>> >>>>>>So Sayers and his associates are also launching a >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>venture with >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Xenerga that will sell prefabricated mom-and-pop >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>biodiesel refineries >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>for about $2 million. >>>>>> >>>>>>Their plan is to sell turnkey operations, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>manufactured in Germany and >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>shipped here, and promise a steady supply of raw >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>materials and >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>customers. They have contracts to build about 16 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>of the refineries. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Each refinery, if running at capacity, can produce >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>5 million gallons >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>of biodiesel a year. Jarrett said they already >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>have a slew of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>inquiries and expect to have 100 refineries >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>throughout the country up >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>and running in 18 months. >>>>>> >>>>>>Besides the jatropha nut, his other sources will >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>include a plentiful >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>supply of restaurant grease. Through Sayers' other >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>business, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>FiltaFry, which cleans restaurant fryers, he >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>spotted a potential >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>energy source in leftover grease. >>>>>> >>>>>>The National Biodiesel Board said the industry is >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>growing fast, with >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>about 90 plants operating now and another 60 under >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>construction. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>While Xenerga won't have its first plant, in >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Kissimmee, up and >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>running for two more months, Silver Bullet Energy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>has a small plant >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>in Groveland that started making biodiesel this >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>year out of grease >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>extracted from sewage. >>>>>> >>>>>>Another company, Southeast BioDiesel, plans to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>make about 6 million >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>gallons of fuel a year from restaurant grease or >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>soybean oil. 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