On Mar 21, 10:11 am, Christopher Calder <[email protected]> wrote:
> [snip]
Just one state in India is setting up a million hectare Jatropha
plantation on unused land. There is a large Jatropha plantation in
Myanmar; there is something about it on a previous thread here. I am
sure similiar stories are unfolding in other parts of South Asia,
Southeast Asia and Africa. It would certainly be good to help the
Haitians do much the same in that devasted and devastatingly poor
country.
As for the U.S., I only know about a single 900,000 plant Jatropha
plantation being started in Florida. I gather that this will be
enough biodiesel to power the disel fleet of the county the plantation
is located in.
I agree that ethanol from corn and biodiesel from rapeseed are rather
poor ideas; biodiesel from Jatropha is another matter.
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