No! Not that weed, jatropha, a plant that is not a food crop and can be grown in marginal agricultural land. Air New Zealand is planning on flying a Boeing 747 with a mixture of equal parts biofuel made from jatropha and conventional fuel running in one of the engines. Unlike many other biofuels, UOP’s jatropha jet [...]
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