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The bumpy road to clean, green fuel

SciDev.Net

The oil in Jatropha seeds is
used to make biodiesel

Charles Mkoka and Mike Shanahan
Source: SciDev.Net
Osman Ibrahim is encouraging farmers in Malawi to abandon their traditional tobacco crops and enter the energy sector — by planting a tree called jatropha (Jatropha curcas).
Its seeds contain an oil that can be blended with conventional gasoline or diesel to make [...]