Jatropha's high oil yields and ability to grow where food crops can't certainly make it an attractive crop for those companies wanting to make money from fufilling obligations under the incoming Road Transport Fuels Obligation here in Britain. The RTFO has certainly pushed the price of biodiesel out of reach of buildings wishing to use low carbon heating systems that don't have enough space to store large amounts of woodchip.
I hope BP and D1 Oil's interest in procuring supplies of jatropha oil from infertile soils in the Southern Hemisphere doesn't lead to destruction of rainforest already under pressure from intensive agricultural methods and slash and burn clearance for cash crops.
Are CDM and JI really mutually beneficial to investors and suppliers alike?
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