[Stoves] new report on jatropha

[Ron Larson]

Nat (cc stoves ):

   Interesting report;  thanks!   A surprise to me was that so much of the current Jatropha planting is in Asia - where water excess, not deficit, can be a problem.  I'm leaving (formerly called, now HCMC) Saigon in a few hours, after being in one tremendous rainstorm.  I have read that the max flow of the Mekong has been as much as 48 times its minimum flow.  Maybe Jatropha makes sense here, if not in Kenya?
   I now have a deeper appreciation of the impact of global warming on biomass resources (mostly mangroves - widely used for charcoal-making) near our tropical ocean edges.  Vietnam's Mekong delta is perhaps the world's most productive source of rice - somewhat like Bangladesh.

Ron

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 23, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Nat of WorldStove <nataniele at aim.com> wrote:

> 
> Not to bring up an old topic but there is a new report on jatropha for anyone who would like to read it it can be found by clicking the following link. 
> 
> http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=92267
> 
> Worth a quick read. will post any updates I hear of.
> 
> Here stove work is going very well, wishing you all the same.
> 
> Nat of WorldStove
> _______________________________________________
> Stoves mailing list
> 
> to Send a Message to the list, use the email address
> stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
> 
> to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page
> http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org
> 
> for more Biomass Cooking Stoves,  News and Information see our web site:
> http://www.bioenergylists.org/
> 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20110324/f8babf41/attachment-0001.html>