Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Camelina- Why cannot I use you as a fuel ?

I think by now most of you would have realized Camelina is indeed a miracle crop. However, as I said there are quite a few bottlenecks we are facing to commercialize Camelina fuel. Here are the of bottlenecks we are facing to make Camelina a biodiesel plant.The most critical is the price and availability of commercial-scale quantities of second generation feedstock.” Additionally, more farmers need to be convinced to grow a new crop, and refiners must want to process it.And again there are many farmers who are really not very confident on investing in such a crop because as far as they are concerned this is a kinda weed not a crop. In my opinion,there are a few steps which should be taken to commercialize this oleaginous crop:

* The farmers should be given enough education about the long-term benefits of this miracle crop.
* Camelina can accustom to any sort of weather conditions, so why not try growing it wherever possible.I am totally ignorant if any issue will arise by doing so .
* Profits made by the grower in the long-run.
* Awareness should be created to people that these oleaginous plants can yield more than the oil yielded by rapeseed, corn or soy.
* Investment opportunities should be brought into light.

If all the above points are kept in mind, we can at least make an attempt to commercialize this crop. Hey guys!1 I would very much appreciate any inputs from your side in this context.

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