Biofuel

Biofuel

The ever-increasing prices of fossil fuels and the menacing danger these energies pose to the environment force the world to divert its attention to the controversial biofuels . Compared to petroleum and coal , biofuels derived from sugarcane and corn are considered nearly carbon neutral because they emit only small quantity of greenhouse gases No . They are also considerably cheap since the main components are plants and wastes that are readily available-- the most commons are the maize (corn ) and sugarcane . Jatropha , a shrub that grows even in poor soil and bears

seeds containing much oil , is being eyed as replacement for maize and sugarcane2 . Seizing the opportunity , Africa jumps into the bandwagon to develop its own biofuels . Salvador Namburete , Minister of Energy of Mozambique , said that they are exploring possible sources to develop clean energy in response to global warming . They are eyeing to penetrate the U .S . market through the African Growth and Opportunities Act . Africa has a lot of potentials because the continent is abundant with jatropha , also called physic-nut , and other raw materials that can be converted into biofuels . In fact , Namburete announces that they are already developing a 450 kilometer pipeline from Maputo to South Africa and several liquid fuel storage tanks in Beira3

Several Asian countries are getting into the bio-trend to replace traditional petroleum with greener fuel sources . In Burma , the Burmese regime s each of the country 's state and division to allocate at least 202 ,000 hectares of land for the cultivation...