Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Peter Crisp <peter.crisp@adelaide.edu.au>]

Hi It is not an ethanol replacement the oil from the seeds can be used 
directly
as diesel fuel. approx 2000L/ha Ther are already 100,000s ha planted or 
planned
in India.
But you are right the commercial lobbies  have way too much power but try this
link
http://envirofuel.com.au/2007/07/07/bp-backs-jatropha-as-a-biodiesel-feedstock/

Pete

Quoting 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
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> 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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Dr Peter Crisp
South Australian Research and Development Institiute
Entomology Unit
PMB 1
Glen Osmond
South Australia
5064
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