In India, Jatropha is the latest crop for creating oil for energy. Jatropha is a plant with a very oily seed that will grow almost anywhere. Of course, as growing conditions improve, the amount of oil one gets improves as well. Jatropha has a...
Category - ethanol
The companies Toyota Tsusho, Odebrechet and Queiroz Galvão signed last Friday a deal whereby they become part of a joint venture being pursued by state-run Brazilian petrol agency, Petrobras, and the Japanese Itochu Corporation. The initiative...
In the June Zogby American Consumer newsletter, they ask the question, “What would you give up to go “Green”?” Most people answered, “Not much.” But there were some surprising details and some great ideas for...
Following up on a couple of recent posts about ethanol, which mirrored the official view of the use of ethanol, I thought it would be useful to echo the view from those who underline the shortcomings of ethanol production. The Portuguese language...
After the article written by President Lula for the Guardian a few days ago, the Financial Times published today an article about the success of Brazilian ethanol. The article focuses on the investments made on the production of sugar cane ethanol...
