I agree with your comments on the sustainability of jatropha!

http://growjatropha.blogspot.com/2011/04/intercropping-ginseng-with-jatropha-for.html

http://growjatropha.blogspot.com/2011/04/growing-jatropha-as-polyculture.html

Both great posts and well worth linking to!

Furthermore utilisation of the byproducts of biofuel production can also bring industry to some of the poorest parts of India

http://biodieselsoap.blogspot.com

This next clip shows Jatropha in India… monoculture and underutilisation of the plant because the view is biofuelcentric not holistic!

http://growjatropha.blogspot.com/2011/04/grow-jatropha-indian-project-to-grow.html

I think that jatropha is the ideal feedstock because it grows on marginal land so the food / fuel security debate is not an issue…

http://growjatropha.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-intercrop-jatropha-bio-fuel.html

Article shows how intercroping works!

Here is another short article showing you how easy it is to refine Crude Jatropha Oil into Bio Diesel without any complicated machinery!

http://growjatropha.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-refine-crude-jatropha-oil-for.html

We all need to be aware of how clean green biofuel feedstocks like jatropha can help fuel sustainable transport!

Simon
http://www.kentbiofuel.blogspot.com