Jatropha: Plant fuels trucks?


	Jatropha: Plant fuels trucks?

kmcolo

2-18-2008 4:30 PM

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alternative energy, energy, environment, global warming, climate change, biodiesel

kmcolo says:

No word on the climate impact of wide scale cultivation of this plant either.

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2-19-2008 9:49 PM

BobbyRutan

Article on www.csmonitor.com covered jatropha. Has promise due to not being a food source and capability to grow in arid regions in marginal soils. Hopefully, being able to be grown in arid regions means no rainforest disappears for its cultivation.

Not as much processing required as other sources as well. Does need to be investigated further.

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