Another rude awakening for another biofuel dream

This time it's jatropha. It was going to grow all over the unused, dry land of energy hungry nations. Ooops, back to the lab, I guess. When I first blogged jatropha over two years ago, it was a hot promise for future biofuel use. Even as the boom seems busted, there areplans to try jatropha as a low-emission shipping fuel.