Jatropha Curcas Biodiesel
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2010
Although producing biodiesels from jatropha does not require sacrificing food crops – unlike corn-based ethanol or oil from soybeans – problems with inconsistent yields, production and land allocation saw support for the hardy little …
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2010
The seeds provide the basic raw material for biodiesel production. Only non-arable land that is no longer suitable and used for the cultivation of food crops is cultivated with jatropha plants. Thus, the jatropha fuel does not compete …
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010
The most regularly repeated claim about jatropha is that it will grow on so-called marginal land, and will therefore not compete with food crops. There are two major flaws with this argument.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 12th, 2009
if jatropha cultivation is commercially viable/ competitive compared with other crops/ food crops given the fact that prices for biodiesel are around.
Posted in Uncategorized, india on Dec 12th, 2009
Jatropha is a small tree which grows in India, Africa and North America.
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2009
Jatropha curcas (JTC) oil, an inedible vegetable oil, can be a substitute feedstock for traditional food crops in the production of environment friendly and renewable fuel (biodiesel).
Posted in Uncategorized, biofuel on Oct 13th, 2009
People still want more and more biofuels, despite the fact that these crops often commandeer land used for food production, which pushes food crops into rainforests, and we know how that turns out…
Posted in Uncategorized, india on Jul 22nd, 2009
Once the jewel in Britain’s colonial crown, India is fast becoming a coloniser as it acquires vast tracts of land across Africa to farm a range of food crops for local consumption, import back home and export. Backed by federal…
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009
Jatropha , which is mostly used for biodiesel, has some advantages over corn and sugar crops ethanol in that it does not compete with food crops, but has recently fallen from favour because of its water use.