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Roy Nersesian Sees The Perfect Storm

Jatropha oil is a much better plant than palm for making biodiesel. It grows well on poor soil, grows wildly in many parts of Indonesia and does not need to be managed in a plantation. The palm oil industry in Borneo (Kalimantan) is about food oil and old growth tropical hardwood, not biodiesel. Large swaths of the land have been rendered useless for anything, even palm, after the clearcutting. So tropically-produced biodiesel is not a viable option for international trade.