Is Indias Miracle Biofuel Crop Too Good To Be True?
INDIA – To its fans, jatropha is a miracle crop, an eco-friendly answer to India’s growing energy needs, but some experts are starting to question whether the wonder-shrub is too good to be true. The seeds of the wild plant, which grows abundantly across India, produce non-edible oil that can be blended with diesel, to make the biofuel that is part of government efforts to cut carbon emissions and combat climate change. That, combined with the shrub’s much vaunted ability to flourish on poorly irrigated land, should make it the perfect crop for wasteland in the drought-prone nation. New research shows jatropha, which has received huge government backing in recent years, yields less than experts had first predicted and is now being grown on fertile farmland – undermining two of its best selling points. For More Information Click Here Britain: Public supports ambitious scheme for micro-scale renewable energy: poll The public overwhelmingly support a much more ambitious scheme to push ren
