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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.
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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.