please tell me how you aquired the seeds. thanks, Mike cappiello --- James Quaid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Keith, > > I'm doing a Jatropha cultivation experiment in AZ. > It survived the 115F. > But the 24F killed a 1/3 of my test planting. It is > very sensitive to a > hard freeze. And according to what I've read, > standard breeds will > produce 300 gal/ acre 600 gal/acre if it blooms > twice. Jatropha > originally from Central America. I'd be very > interested to see what the > GMO stuff does especially in cold climes. > > I'm having a heckuva time sprouting seedlings. The > current batch of > seeds I have is from Suriname. We will be doing an > acre test planting on > a farm with saline wells. Jatropha can allegedly > handle salt pretty well. > > Here's what the Germans are doing with it: > <http://www.d1plc.com> > > Regards, > JQ > > Keith Addison wrote: > > > http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-biodiesel1707apr17,0,4223949.story? > > > track=mostemailedlink > > 'Farming our fuel' > > Officials from a local company will tout the > jatropha plant today in > > Tallahassee. "We're doing things right here in > Orlando that are going > > to change America." > > > > Rich Mckay | Sentinel Staff Writer > > Posted April 17, 2007 > > > > ABOUT BIODIESEL > > What is it? > > Biodiesel is a fuel made from rendered vegetable > oils or animal fats > > refined through a chemical reaction with an > alcohol. > > What can be used to make it? > > Soybean oil is used to make most of the biodiesel > in the U.S. > > Restaurant grease or any vegetable oil such as > corn, canola, > > cottonseed, mustard oil also can be used. Jatropha > oil is widely used > > in India and Asia. Other companies are developing > ways to make > > biodiesel out of algae, restaurant scraps and even > animal carcasses. > > Why bother? > > Biodiesel is considered an alternative to > petroleum diesel because it > > can be grown, rather than pumped from a well. It > is also considered a > > neutral gas. It doesn't put back into the > atmosphere anything it > > didn't absorb when it was part of the environment. > > Is it as powerful as diesel? > > It is considered to have the same power as > petroleum diesel. > > What engines can use it? > > It can be mixed with petroleum diesel and used in > unmodified diesel > > engines. Engines can be modified to run 100 > percent on biodiesel. > > What does biodiesel smell like? > > That depends its source. Some say it smells like > french fries. > > Biodiesel made from jatropha doesn't have a strong > odor. > > SOURCE: Sentinel research > > > > America, meet your next tank of gas -- made from > superpowered seeds. > > > > A couple of Orlando entrepreneurs say that a > Malaysian variety newly > > approved for U.S. import could help solve > America's energy woes and > > boost Central Florida's economy with a new cash > crop. > > > > State Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson, > along with executives > > from the Orlando-based Xenerga Inc., are scheduled > to introduce a > > patented version of the jatropha plant today in > Tallahassee. > > > > "We're doing things right here in Orlando that are > going to change > > America," said Dave Jarrett, a company spokesman. > "Just wait and see." > > > > The oil pressed from the jatropha nut can be used > to make biodiesel, > > producing six to eight times the amount of energy > extracted from > > soybeans -- the most common crop used for > biodiesel in the U.S. > > > > Xenerga president Jason Sayers and his business > partner Victor Clewes > > have the exclusive patent on the high-octane > version of the plant > > with seeds that grow inside bunches of fat green > pods the size of > > peach pits. > > > > It can produce 1,600 gallons of biodiesel per > acre, compared with > > soy's 200 gallons, Sayers said. > > > > A Lake Wales farmer is ready to grow 5,000 acres > of the genetically > > enhanced jatropha, Jarrett said. And unlike soy, > which takes lots of > > tending, fertilizer and water, the jatropha plant > can grow happily in > > arid soil, with little water and almost no > tending. > > > > "Think of it as farming our fuel," Sayers said. > > > > President Bush mandated that refineries should > have renewable fuels > > blended into 7.5 billion gallons of the nation's > fuel supply by 2012. > > > > Only about 75 million gallons of biodiesel were > sold in the U.S. last > > year, compared with about 6 billion gallons of > petroleum diesel, > > according to the National Biodiesel Board, a trade > organization. > > > > "Biodiesel is huge in Europe and Asia," Sayers > said. "America is just > > now catching up." > > > > So Sayers and his associates are also launching a > venture with > > Xenerga that will sell prefabricated mom-and-pop > biodiesel refineries > > for about $2 million. > > > > Their plan is to sell turnkey operations, > manufactured in Germany and > > shipped here, and promise a steady supply of raw > materials and > > customers. They have contracts to build about 16 > of the refineries. > > Each refinery, if running at capacity, can produce > 5 million gallons > > of biodiesel a year. Jarrett said they already > have a slew of > > inquiries and expect to have 100 refineries > throughout the country up > > and running in 18 months. > > > > Besides the jatropha nut, his other sources will > include a plentiful > > supply of restaurant grease. Through Sayers' other > business, > > FiltaFry, which cleans restaurant fryers, he > spotted a potential > > energy source in leftover grease. > > > > The National Biodiesel Board said the industry is > growing fast, with > > about 90 plants operating now and another 60 under > construction. > > > > While Xenerga won't have its first plant, in > Kissimmee, up and > > running for two more months, Silver Bullet Energy > has a small plant > > in Groveland that started making biodiesel this > year out of grease > > extracted from sewage. > > > > Another company, Southeast BioDiesel, plans to > make about 6 million > > gallons of fuel a year from restaurant grease or > soybean oil. It > > expects to be up and running in Sanford this > summer. > > > > And MetroWest developer and entrepreneur Kevin > Azzouz said he's > > getting into the business with a company called > Clean === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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