Jatropha, Wonder Biofuel, Crashing & Burning In Third World

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OilPrice.com reports on Jatropha, considered a wonder biofuel by some, is struggling to take root in the Third World. Read more →

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Biofuel Test Flight A First For China

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Boeing and Air China announced that they had successfully conducted China’s first sustainable biofuel flight, a two-hour journey using a jatropha-based fuel. Read more →

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Biofuel Crop Gets 250,000 Acres Of Orders

A newly engineered jatropha seed will soon be planted in over 250,000 acres worth of land, according to a biofuels company in California. Read more →

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Jatropha Back From The Grave As A Biofuel?

A report issued by Yale University shows that jatropha, a shrub that bears oily seeds thought useful for biofuel, still shows promise with the right engineering. Read more →

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GM, US DOE Team Up To Explore Jatropha Biodiesel Prospects

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The American automaker and the Department of Energy recently announced that they'll be working together to explore the commercial bio-diesel potential of a plant traditionally thought of as a weed. Read more →

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NASA Looking Into Growing Biofuel Crops In Outer Space

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The space shuttle Endeavour recently delivered plant cell cultures to the International Space Station in an experiment aimed at discovering the effects of microgravity in developing a bio-fuels supercrop. Read more →

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