Africa to become the world’s biodiesel supplier?
Even while palm oil’s sun may be setting, the new kid on the biodiesel feedstock block, Jatropha oil, is gaining widespread acceptance as a more environmentally friendly and potentially less economically volatile route to a widespread biodiesel future. The price of Jatropha oil, which is non-edible, can not be influenced by fluctuations in food prices unlike palm oil which is a major edible oil crop in addition to being a biodiesel feedstock. Social commentators who have expressed concern that edible oil feedstocks like rapeseed oil, soybean oil and palm oil are being used for fuel when there are people starving in Africa are likely to support Jatropha as a good compromise.
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Posted: March 5th, 2007
at 8:56am by bujinkan
Categories: biodiesel,biofuel,fuel,green,renewable energy
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