Comments on: Cheap US imports kill D1 biofuels refining biz http://www.greenbang.com/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz_2883.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D1 set up biofuels trial in Sumatra http://www.greenbang.com/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz_2883.html/comment-page-1#comment-2265 D1 set up biofuels trial in Sumatra Thu, 15 May 2008 13:05:51 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/2883/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz/#comment-2265 [...] have a bad name, but we’ve been following D1 Oils for a while through the splash-and-dash fuel [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2265','D1 set up biofuels trial in Sumatra'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2265','D1 set up biofuels trial in Sumatra','[...] have a bad name, but we’ve been following D1 Oils for a while through the splash-and-dash fuel [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] have a bad name, but we’ve been following D1 Oils for a while through the splash-and-dash fuel [...]
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]]> By: jatrophaonline http://www.greenbang.com/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz_2883.html/comment-page-1#comment-2252 jatrophaonline Thu, 15 May 2008 02:27:41 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/2883/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz/#comment-2252 Jatropha Curcas OnLine!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2252','jatrophaonline'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2252','jatrophaonline','Jatropha Curcas OnLine!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Jatropha Curcas OnLine!
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]]> By: David Wright http://www.greenbang.com/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz_2883.html/comment-page-1#comment-1864 David Wright Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:37:08 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/2883/cheap-us-imports-kill-d1-biofuels-refining-biz/#comment-1864 Former D1 Oils director Karl Watkin is this week addressing a major world foum on alternative fuels, in Rome. And is reported as repeating the demand that Jatropha oil should be differentiated favourably, as it can be grown on marginal land unsuitable for food crops. Yes it can be grown on marginal land - but it grows better on better land. In Swaziland, where barely a tenth of the country is fertile enough for food crops, there is concern that farmers have been incentivised to switch from food crops to Jatropha planting. The following story appeared 2 weeks ago: http://www.observer.org.sz/weekend/main.php?id=42441&section=mainweek<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1864','David Wright'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1864','David Wright','Former D1 Oils director Karl Watkin is this week addressing a major world foum on alternative fuels, in Rome. And is reported as repeating the demand that Jatropha oil should be differentiated favourably, as it can be grown on marginal land unsuitable for food crops.\r\n\r\nYes it can be grown on marginal land - but it grows better on better land. In Swaziland, where barely a tenth of the country is fertile enough for food crops, there is concern that farmers have been incentivised to switch from food crops to Jatropha planting. The following story appeared 2 weeks ago:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.observer.org.sz\/weekend\/main.php?id=42441&section=mainweek'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Former D1 Oils director Karl Watkin is this week addressing a major world foum on alternative fuels, in Rome. And is reported as repeating the demand that Jatropha oil should be differentiated favourably, as it can be grown on marginal land unsuitable for food crops.

Yes it can be grown on marginal land – but it grows better on better land. In Swaziland, where barely a tenth of the country is fertile enough for food crops, there is concern that farmers have been incentivised to switch from food crops to Jatropha planting. The following story appeared 2 weeks ago:

http://www.observer.org.sz/weekend/main.php?id=42441&section=mainweek

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