November 2, 2007
Welcome to Europe, Jatropha plant
A newspaper’s job (among other things) is to tell you about things of which you have never heard. So hats off to the FT Brussels bureau for its revelation (to me) that the US and Europe are about to agree on trading standards for biofuels to allow Jatropha into Europe.
Jatropha is, apparently, a plant that grows in India and elsewhere and was once used to treat malaria. It is well-suited to biofuels since it has a high yield, grows easily on scrubland and is not a foodstuff.
The FT even provided a photograph (in print) of a Jatropha and a potted history of it, so to speak. I found it very enlightening.
