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Chicoms Invest big in biodiesel trees
2008-07-28
"...a commercial plantation [of Jatropha Curcas] with an annual output of 60,000 tons, financed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, is due to be established. A new era of diesel from the ground will start in Hainan."

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That's about 164 tons/day which is, assuming 1 ton of diesel per 3 tons of nuts and assuming 8 barrels of diesel per ton.. about 450 barrels/day equivalent. Of course public affairs announcements from the PRC probably ranks lower even than Reuters in reliability. On the other hand, this plant could be grown in poor soil with low rainfall (where food crops don't work).



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