Humble shrub could be fuel of the future
The Bear on Sep 30 2006 at 8:22 am | Filed under: Need to Know
NEW DELHI: In a revolutionary first that promises to solve India’s energy problems and radically reduce fuel bills along with its pollution levels, two trains are running on a home-grown mix of diesel and jatropha, the bio-fuel extracted from the jatropha shrub.
It could be the fuel of the future, experts say.
And, as an example, chief minister of the central state of Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh, who has set upon the task of growing jatropha with a missionary zeal, last year became the first head of a state government to use jatropha diesel for his official vehicle.
The state government also plans to replace imported diesel with jatropha fuel for all state-owned vehicles by 2007.
All that is being done on a more macro level at the Indian Railways, one of the world’s largest rail networks.
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Hat tip to Bill in Texas who says, this is worth investigating.
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