Small plant offers big fuel possibilities
China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-25 07:20
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Palm tree farmer Dylan Bailey explains the process of growing the jatropha plant, a source of biofuel. The trees cost $6-7 each and can produce more than two gallons of oil apiece each season at maturity. AP |
FORT MYERS: What some see as the biofuel of the future starts out as short, thick stems with a few leaves sticking out at sharp angles. But in just a few years, they will be tall, leafy trees with bright green spherical pods spilling their seeds all over the ground.
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