tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417366406169637006.post5628289169854430013..comments2023-11-28T23:08:52.282+08:00Comments on A Malaysian Turtle Investing Diary...By Amateur for Amateur: Food Fight Over BiodieselUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417366406169637006.post-27192660096356579352008-06-02T09:15:00.000+08:002008-06-02T09:15:00.000+08:00One of the solutions to resolve the food-fuel cris...One of the solutions to resolve the food-fuel crisis and high cost of transport fuels is production of sustainable and low cost biodiesel feedstocks. <BR/><BR/>The existing sources such as palm, canola, soybean and coconut oils, used cooking oil and tallow are expensive and are not available in large quantities.<BR/><BR/>Pongamia and Jatropha could be cultivated in marginal areas, including desert, other than forests with lower rainfall and poor soils. The biggest advantage of these trees is that there is no competition with agriculture and food production.<BR/><BR/>There is a concern that biodiesel from edible oils increases the cost of food around the world and forests are being cleared to grow them. Even otherwise, it is felt that the biodiesel crops compete with agriculture for land and water. <BR/><BR/>The use of non-edible oils produced by hard trees that are grown in non-agricultural and non-forest lands offers a solution to these issues.<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/><BR/>Sreenivas Ghatty<BR/>Tree Oils India Limited<BR/>www.treeoilsindia.comSreenivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337428033121127121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417366406169637006.post-88608267791664650322008-06-02T09:14:00.000+08:002008-06-02T09:14:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sreenivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337428033121127121noreply@blogger.com