>Hi Isabel >I heard today that castor beans are an excellent source of biodiesel. Does >anyone know if this is true? >Marilyn
Er... http://snipurl.com/kia1 biofuel - Search results for 'castor' 255 matches Eg: "Brasil is going ahead with great biodiesel project in large scale production such as 40000 l/day using peanut oil in cane growing areas in south, medium scale plants palm oil in Amazonian areas .Medium scale prodution using castor oil in North east underdeveloped area in Brasil , mostly by federal and state government. The federal goverments Petrobras is going to install big scale plant based on castor plants that wiil be grown on treated waste water from petroleium production based on caster seeds in dry semiarid areas with less developed area with large poor people ." - Pannirselvam, 6 Aug 04 >... The B2 fuel that the government will authorise in November will require an > additional 150,000 hectares of oilseeds, which will generate a source of > income for 30,000 families of small farmers, said Minister of Agrarian > Development Miguel Rossetto. > > Biodiesel is leading to the promotion of the cultivation of castor beans and > other crops in semiarid lands in the northeast, Brazil's poorest region. > > Projects involving family farms in small rural communities are >spreading in the > region, opening up possibilities of reducing poverty and curbing the rural > exodus to urban slums. > > The Brazilian Company of Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA), a government > network of 40 research centres, has carried out studies to help promote the > expansion of castor bean cultivation. > > Biodiesel based on castor oil will not only serve as fuel, but will >also be used > to generate electricity in isolated rural communities, at least in the > northeastern state of Ceará. (END/2004) Sep 1, 2004 http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=25308 Etc etc etc. Still ain't no "best crop". And like jatropha you casn't use the seedcake as feed. Keith >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org wrote: > > >Note: Forwarded Email Message Below: > > > >Hi Keith > >It seems as if you don't think it is a good idea to use Jatropha as a source >to produce bio diesel from? > <snip> _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
