Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

It may grow in otherwise non-arable lands, but it's not economical to grow
it commercially and harvest it there. You have to have roads to market,
grow it near ethanol plants or have cheap bulk transport to get it there.
If its feasible or profitable that raises the question of why they aren't
doing it already. Notice it's always the good land that's converted to
ethanol crops, taking away from food crops. 

I appreciate your good intentions on that, but the corn farmers lobby in
this country is in the drivers seat. They aren't promoting corn for ethanol
because it's such a sustainable solution. Follow the money. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 9/14/2007 at 11:39 AM Peter Crisp wrote:

>With  Bio-fuels BP is looking at a plant called JAtropha in India as a
>source
>of Diesel replacement. This plant is a native of Mexico and grows in
>otherwise
>non-arable lands, live for 50 years and inprove the soil and are not
>susceptible to many pests and diseases.. It reads like a perfect weed but
>there
>is more than one way to produce Bio-fuels and not all are as offensive of
>using
>food crops and good land for probably energy negative crops.
>
>Pete C
>
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