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Humanityâ€™s future could depend on weed!

Sameer Kumar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:46:46 +0000

I know whet you are thing and this is not the same â€˜weedâ€™ that you are thinking about. This is clean, still unwanted but nothing that will intoxicate and kill you. The future of human energy needs (at least the immediate future) might...

Air New Zealand 747 to take weed powered flight!

Sameer Kumar — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:23:32 +0000

This is something that is sure to get a lot of attention and will do so for all the right reasons. â€˜Weedâ€™ is finally in and that is surely not what you think it is. Air New Zealand is all set to let one of its Boeing 747 be powered by fuel...

$100 million bonanza for clean fuels by X-Prize: Is it worth it?

Jitaditya — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:44:44 +0000

The Jatropha plant is one of the most environment friendly sources of bio fuel The X-Prize foundation is mostly known for its often eye catching and headline grabbing acts having little practical significance for the common men in most cases....

Jatropha's Potential Power wooing Mali’s farmers

Kanchan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:03:20 +0000

While the debate to grow food or fuel carries on, scientists are looking for plants that produce biofuels butsustainable. For instance in Mali, Africa, Jatroph mainly used as a natural fence between rows of their regular crops could very well...

Jatropha cures your stomach and the earth!

Harsh — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:15:14 +0000

A plant till recently thought of as a poisonous plant with very little use to us, has now become an excellent source of biofuel. Jatropha, long considered as an ugly poisonous weed, with some medical use as a remedy for constipation, may soon...

Running out of fuel: Drive into your kitchen garden

Pritam — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:55:08 +0000

When your vehicle runs out of fuel what do you do? Drive to nearest fuel station. But what if you drive to your kitchen garden or farmhouse instead. This could be a reality if you plant Jatropha in your garden. Jatropha seeds are a source...

World record: Indian State Plants 3 Million Saplings in 11 Hours for Biodiesel Feedstock

Irani — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:03:07 +0000

Creating world record, it took just 11 hours! The government of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh government claimed to have done this, within this little time, by planting at least three million saplings of Jatropha and Karanj! IT took the...

11 amazing sources of bio-fuel!... Part - II

Irani — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:36:40 +0000

With the soaring oil prices and crisis across the world and eventually leading to the boom of alternative energy production, can you imagine how varied and wide sources of bio-fuel have been tapped? Here is a list of such amazing sources...

Indian President envisages 60 Million tonnes bio-diesel production by 2030, Oil sufficiency too

Zodingliani — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:55:00 +0000

Most of the energy produced by India goes to the Transportation sector. India consumes about 120 million tonnes of oil per year, but produces only 25% of its total requirement. In addition to that, 90% is used up for transportation and the...