Ten kilos of seeds jatropa for three liters of biofuel
Fr Inacio Almeida, inventor of a biofuel from seeds jatropa, has caught the attention of the government and investors, June 17 last, in the state of Goa, India, said "Churches of Asia", the Agency for Foreign Missions of Paris, in its July 16 edition of EDA (445 eglasie.mepasie.org ) . Fr Almeida is indeed reached at the State Secretariat, at the request of the Prime Minister, Pratapsing Rane, who had visited his farm several months ago. Fr Inacio Almeida, a member of the Society of Missionaries of St Francis Xavier, known as "the priest of diesel" since it has developed the production of fuel from a plant growing in arid areas. He said the state of Goa has two million hectares of uncultivable, which could be used for the cultivation of jatropa, thereby creating jobs in villages and generate revenue for the state. Within three years, he says, public finances and could receive 5 billion rupees (85 million euro). Jatropa gives the effect of seed after the third year of cultivation and ten kilos of mature seeds can produce three liters of biofuel. The oil extracted from seeds jatropa (or jatropha curcas) can also be used to replace the spark plug, to make soap, or even repel insects and rats. The cake on them can replace coal for cooking. Mixed with diesel, the jatropa can also replace the pure diesel. Tests were carried out last December, after the visit of President of the Union of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, who has encouraged the Catholic priest to continue his research into biofuels. A car and drove 500 km from Pune (Maharashtra) and Panaji, the capital of Goa. Many see it as already the opportunity to develop a fuel cost, with economic and sustainable growth in the current international context of soaring oil prices. Hundreds of people in the former Portuguese enclave have already planted seeds jatropa, a plant imported in the sixteenth century by the Portuguese who used it as a demarcation of grazing livestock that did not like its smell. Manuel D'Costa, a manufacturer of Goa, has planted on an experimental basis over 2000 seedlings on mine dumps. In addition to re-energize the space, planting jatropa "has the potential to become a biofuel that could replace diesel," he added. According to forestry officials in Goa, the government has already planted acres of jatropa. According to sources, India imports 70% of its oil needs, buying black gold representing 25% of its total imports. (Source: Zenit )
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