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Jatropha, The Biofuel Of The Future

With the rising costs of fuel, biofuels have been gaining in popularity. In the U.S., corn and soybean crops are often used to make biodiesel fuels. However, a plant that is more commonly grown in India and other parts of the world may soon be the leading source for biofuels. That Plant is the Jatropha.

Food Vs. Fuel As Biodiesel

As we have all seen from any trip to the grocery store, food costs are going up. One factor for this is the increase of turning food crops like corn, sugar, soy bean, and palm oil into fuel sources. This alone is a major reason why we should consider shifting from food sources to jatropha for biofuels.

Another reason to make the switch from foods to jatropha is that jatropha is far more efficient of a fuel source. It is 4 times more efficient as soy, and 10 times that of corn!

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Jatropha Being Grown In India As A Bio Energy

Notice how drought resistant the jatropha plant is.
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Jatropha In The News

Now and Never: What's working, will work, and won't work for aviation biofuels
Following the emergence of jatropha-based fuels, BNEF said that aviation fuel made from pyrolysis of woody biomass represented the next most affordable category of aviation biofuels, projecting that jet fuel from this source could be available at $0.90 ...
A biodiesel project for cleaner environment
... project to introduce biodiesel in his country on a commercial scale that will help keep the environment clean and provide jobs to thousands. Malik Ejaz Ahmed Awan has begun large-scale cultivation of the tropical American plant, Jatropha Curcas, ...
SG Biofuels lands $17M in funding to expand jatropha operations
By Bryan Sims | January 20, 2012 San Diego-based SG Biofuels Inc., a bioenergy crop company using breeding and biotechnology to develop hybrid seeds of jatropha, has secured $17 million in a Series B round of financing led by Thomas, ...
Biofuels and India: The story so far
In India, one of the strongest contenders for the top spot as the next-best substitute for petrol and diesel is biofuel, which is extracted from the seeds of the Jatropha plant. The use of Jatropha oil as fuel in India is not a recent phenomenon.
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