Why is Jatropha better? Sorry if this is a simple-minded question to people who have been following the biofuels debates, but not everyone has been following them.
What is it about Jatropha biofuels that will avoid the pitfalls associated with ethanol from corn or biodiesel from rapeseed? On Mar 22, 9:04 pm, "David B. Benson" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
