Yea right, the guy who claims to have cross-bred Jatropha to increase oil production after 3 years - with a plat that does not produce fruit until the 5th year. I'm thinking he is smoking the stuff - or looking for suckers that have more money than brains to invest in a get-rich-quick scheme
-Dave Walton On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Tom Hargrave <tharg...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > That's hardly the case anywhere in Florida where one farmer has planted a > crop. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of dave walton > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:29 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds > > Growing conditions favorable to every know food crop in the US will kill > Jatropha. It thrives on too much sun, too little water, and nutrient-free > soil. > There is probably some barely edible strain of wheat that can grow in > Africa > and produce 2 or 3 grains of seed per season that might compete with it, > but > nothing we in the US would consider as food. > > -Dave Walton > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Tom Hargrave <tharg...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > > ....doesn't compete with people starving ?????? > > > > If the plant is being grown on land that would otherwise be growing a > food > > crop then there is no difference. > > > > Thanks, > > Tom Hargrave > > www.kegkits.com > > 256-656-1924 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto: > mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > > On Behalf Of LarryT > > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:19 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: [MBZ] Jatropha Sesds > > > > Was flipping thru boring magazines in a doctors waiting room when a > article > > caught my attention - seems a tree/bush grows beans that can be turned > into > > pretty high quality diesel fuel. They said a guy in Fla had planted > > several > > > > hundred (thousand?) acres in the stuff as an investment and he had been > > able > > > > to develop hybrids even better than that being grown in other countries. > > The Fl environment seems to help the bush grow also. > > > > Seems they can produce as mush as 1600 gallons of diesel per acre per > > growing season. Plus, it's not a food source so it doesn't compete with > > people starving. > > > > Found this http://www.jatrophabiodiesel.org/ - sorry if this has been > > discussed - haven't been able to read the ist as often as I'd like. > > > > LarryT > > 91 300D > > 78 240D > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.16/2005 - Release Date: > 3/16/2009 > > 7:01 PM > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.16/2005 - Release Date: > 3/16/2009 > > 7:01 PM > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090317/09 > d15f46/attachment.html<http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090317/09%0Ad15f46/attachment.html> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.16/2005 - Release Date: 3/16/2009 > 7:01 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.16/2005 - Release Date: 3/16/2009 > 7:01 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090317/030ca58d/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
