Jatropha

There's another fuel alternative out there - biodiesel made from the Jatropha weed. Seems many countries in the world are starting to look at Jatropha for their future energy needs. For more information check out Former weed may fill world's fuel tanks at Yahoo News, originally from The Christian Science Monitor. A hardy plant that can grow almost anywhere and yields "yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and more than ten times that of corn" (wikipedia article on Jatropha oil) sounds good. Even oil companies are looking into the plant for fuel production. It seems almost everyday another alternative fuel source comes up in a news article. Hopefully we are exploring all these alternatives to find the more effective sources for our fuel needs.