Jatropha: Not a Miracle Biofuel Crop After All?

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By Eliza Strickland
Jun 10, 2009 12:34 AMNov 5, 2019 8:59 PM
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The oil-rich and weedy plant jatropha has been hailed as the most promising source of biofuel on the planet, and one airline has already begun testing a jatropha-derived fuel in its jumbo jets. But a new analysis suggests that the plant may not be a miracle crop destined to solve all our energy problems: Current jatropha plantations are

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