Why only exotic Jatropha? It is having well known and documented
harmful effects and large scale cultivation will become the curse for
our biodiversity. Why not indigenous plants like Karanj and Mahua. We
are having long list of Desi alternatives. India can become number
one in Biodiesel through native Biodiesel sources not through cancer
causing exotic Jatropha.

Pankaj Oudhia

--- In jatropha@..., Vikram Raghavachari
<r_vikram@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you think crude oil which is the gold of the gulf is edible,
harmless and has any other value other than fuel?
>
> My friend, imagine if the oil rich nations of the world had
decided that they don't want to use crude because it is poisonous and
cannot be eaten. Where would the world be today?
>
> Progress is only possible by taking forward steps into the
unknown. This is called risk taking.
>
> Jatropha might just turn out to be the fuel for developing
nations in the future. Who knows.
>
> Our country is gettiing a chance to be no.1 in something. Let's
not lose it. Let at least our future generations benefit from this.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ravinder Singh <povertyfree77@y...> wrote:
> Jatropha Or Efficient Vehicle.
> Friends,
> This is another area where GOI & the President have let us down.
>
> While world is investing in energy efficient vehicles, India is
investing in Jatropha, a poisonous weed that no eat and its nuts are
the most poisonous.
>
> We are always doing "Garbage Work".
>
> Nation is incompetently managed and governed.
>
> The links at the end give more details and pictures.
>
> Ravinder Singh
>
>
> http://fm-eth.ethz.ch/eth/media/FMPro?-db=pressemitteilungen.fp5&-
format=pr_detail_de.html&-lay=html&-op=eq&pr_id=2005-44&-find
>
> ETH Zurich: Vehicle with the highest fuel efficiency
> Zürich, 28.6.2005 / CC 44 / bhu/bm
>
> ETH Zurich has set a new world record for fuel efficiency. This
now stands at 5385 kilometres per litre of petrol. The world-record
holding PAC-Car operates on a hydrogen powered fuel cell.
>
> ETH Zurich set itself a goal to construct a vehicle that used as
little fuel as possible and provided the highest possible fuel
efficiency. So they gave the so-called PAC-Car a fuel cell that
produces electrical energy from hydrogen and drives two electric
motors. The only "emission" from PAC-Car is pure water. The car is
lightweight, weighing in at only about 30 kilograms. And, PAC-Car has
now achieved its goal: it finished the course at the Shell Eco-
Marathon taking place on the Michelin test track at Ladoux, France,
using only 1.02 grams of hydrogen. This converts to about 5385
kilometres per litre of petrol, a new world record in economical fuel
consumption. This means that PAC-Car would only use eight litres to
drive around the globe.
>
> Student project
>
> PAC-Car is a collaborative project of ETH Zurich and the Federal
Office for Energy (financial support), the Paul Scherrer Institute,
the University of Valenciennes, France and the industrial partners
ESORO, RUAG and Tribecraft. About 20 ETH students worked on the
project, most of them from the Department of Mechanical and Process
Engineering. The two drivers, both women, are also students at ETH
Zurich.
>
> Also a model for economical passenger cars.
>
> The ETH engineers integrated current developments in fuel cell
and propulsion technology, aerodynamics, lightweight construction,
and control technology as well as other areas into PAC-Car. They
tested the system intensively together with their partners from
science and industry, which means there is a good chance that some of
the ideas and applications from the project could be integrated into
street vehicles in future. This should contribute to a reduction in
fuel consumption and pollutant emissions from passenger vehicles.
>
> http://www.primidi.com/2005/07/05.html
> http://www.fuelcellmarkets.com/article_default_view.fcm?
articleid=9709&subsite=453
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/07/04/eco.car/
>
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