According to our decentralized philosophy - a small biodiesel processing unit would fill many niches - but the ideal solution would have to be well thought through to cover every contention - including petrol or gas stations that produce and sell fuel on-site.
FOOD OR FUELThere is an active Biofuel community market but it is confused over the "food or fuel" dilema.
We eliminate the controversy by using non-edible crops. It is possible to grow non-food crops for biodiesel production on low-grade soil and on non-croppable land that provides a renewable energy source without competing with food crops. Jatropha is an example. The plant is very thick and hearty, drought tolerant, grows in marginal soil, and is not palatable to insects or animals or suitable for human consumption.
3rd WORLD
Developing a small engine to produce clean biodiesel from oil rich seeds - especially for the third world - is a good fit. When it uses its' own produce to fuel the machine it becomes a
green sustainable machine.
THE HUMBLE SEED MEETS THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE
This latest technology allows a new playing field. Diesel driven with biodiesel made from oily seed is ready to face the challenges of Climate Change with lower and cleaner CO2 emissions. When coupling that with a second technology that uses the waste heat given off by the diesel engine - see
Renewable Energy Desalination R.E.D. - this reduces the overall CO2 emissions once again. Producing your biodiesel locally, saves transport costs which also saves CO2.
SEQUESTRATION
In cases when CO2 is captured and sequestered theoretically close to Zero CO2 Emission can be achieved - see
Black Pump Sequestration.
JATROPHA
The biofuel yield of various crops has been measured, and is usually given in barrels of oil per square mile per year. Corn is a common biofuel crop in the USA, but it yields under 200 barrels (per square mile per year). Rice for example yields almost 1000 barrels, however it is an essential worldwide food crop as are most of the other potential biofuel crops.
It is simply not viable to use good quality arable farmland for growing biofuels, biofuel crops need to be grown on marginal land if we are to benefit from them. This is where Jatropha scores highly. Not only does it have a great yield of well over 2,000 barrels of oil per square mile per year, it also increases the fertility of the land on which it is grown so that it can potentially be used for food crops in subsequent years.
Jatropha is perennial which can grow in arid conditions (even deserts), on any kind of ground, and does not require irrigation or suffer in droughts. Therefore unlike the common biofuel crops of today (corn and sugar), they are very easy to cultivate even on poor land in Africa providing great social and economic benefits for that region.
Jatropha is fast growing and it begins yielding oil in the second year and for the next forty to fifty years. Optimal yields are obtained from the sixth year, and spaced at 2 metre intervals, around 2500 plants can be cultivated per hectare. Jatropha absorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and would therefore earn carbon credits.
Simple hand driven biodiesel plant.
ECO SUSTAINABLE PLANET
ECO SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
THE ECOLOGY REVOLUTION 
