Bio-Diesel Production from Jatropha
The world’s economy depends upon the burning of fossil fuel equivalent of some 180
million barrels of oil each day.
The consumption rate is equivalent to an annual burning of
what nature took about one million years to...
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Bio-Diesel Production from Jatropha
The world’s economy depends upon the burning of fossil fuel equivalent of some 180
million barrels of oil each day.
The consumption rate is equivalent to an annual burning of
what nature took about one million years to accumulated as fossil deposits.
The word at
present is confronted with the twin crises of fossil fuel depletion and environment
degradation.
Indiscriminate extraction and lavish consumption of fossil fuel have lead to
reduction in underground-based carbon resources.
The search for an alternative fuel,
which promises a harmonious correlation with sustainable development, energy
conservation, management, efficiency and environmental preservation, has become highly
pronounced in the present context.
For the developing countries of the world, fuels of bioorigin can provide a feasible solution of the crises.
The fuels of bio-origin may be alcohol,
vegetable oils, biomass and biogas.
Some of these fuels can be used directly while othe
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