| I know all of you are wondering why I am
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| | freezes)
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| writing about a little known plant called
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| | * it does not exhaust the nutrients in
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| "Jatropha Curcas". Well... it all has to
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| | the land
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| do with making biodiesel and the
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| | * it does not require expensive crop
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| production of electricity using biodiesel
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| | rotation
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| as a fuel. This is to inform you of a
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| | * it does not require fertilizers
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| source of vegetable oil that is
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| | * it grows quickly and establishes
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| relatively unknown in the United States
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| | itself easily
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| and North America. The European community
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| | * it has a high yield (Jatropha can
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| has already seen the light as have some
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| | yield about 1,000 barrels of oil per year
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| Asian, African, Indian, and South
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| | per square mile - oil content of the seed
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| American countries. Running engines on
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| | is 55-60%)
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| vegetable oil is nothing new... did you
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| | * no displacement of food crops is
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| know that Rudolf Diesel originally
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| | necessary
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| designed his engine to run on peanut oil?
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| | * it is great for developing countries
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| Maybe the US has not seen the light yet
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| | in terms of energy and jobs
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| because we are mostly engaged in the
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| | * the biodiesel byproduct, glycerine, is
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| growing of food crops and oils like
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| | profitable in itself
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| soybean oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil,
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| | * the waste plant mass after oil
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| and peanut oil. All these oils are edible
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| | extraction can be used as a fertilizer
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| and thus fetch high prices. After all,
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| | * the plant itself recycles 100% of the
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| why should US farmers grow a completely
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| | CO2 emissions produced by burning the
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| inedible plant!? Used cooking oil is
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| | biodieselThat's a whole lot of benefit
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| great for the "do it yourself" biodiesel
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| | with little or no disadvantages!The
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| enthusiast, but there is not enough
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| | European Union biofuels directive
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| supply of used cooking oil to supply a
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| | requires a minimum level of biofuels as a
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| whole nation.
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| | proportion of fuels sold in the European
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| This is where Jatropha comes
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| | Union of 2% by 2005, 5.75% by 2010 and
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| in...Jatropha has the following benefits
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| | 20% by 2020. Of course, as the President
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| when looked at from the fuel production
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| | stated recently on TV, we don't have any
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| angle:* it costs almost nothing to grow
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| | such energy program yet. And I doubt we
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| * it is drought resistant
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| | will anytime soon. The main green fuels
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| * it can be grown almost anywhere - even
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| | will be ethanol and biodiesel, and demand
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| in sandy, saline, or otherwise infertile
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| | for biodiesel is expected to be up to
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| soil
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| | 10.5 billion litres just in European
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| * it is easy to propagate (a cutting
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| | countries by 2010.Folks... this
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| simply pushed into the ground will take
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| | "biodiesel" thing is going to happen
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| root)
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| | whether you like it or not! I know there
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| * it is not invasive, or spreading, or
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| | are a lot of farmers, entrepreneurs, and
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| damaging like kudzu
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| | investors reading this who can cash in on
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| * it is capable of stabilizing sand
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| | this biodiesl craze. They are already
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| dunes, acting as a windbreak, and
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| | doing it big time in Europe so it's just
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| combating desertification
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| | a matter of time before it happens here.
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| * it naturally repels both animals and
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| | And by "it", I mean using Jatropha to
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| insects
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| | make biodiesel. This industry will grow
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| * it lives for over 50 years producing
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| | very quickly - start planting Jatropha
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| seeds all the time
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| | TODAY and then start making biodiesel to
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| * it is frost hardy (does not like hard
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| | generate your own electricity!
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