LEADER'S DESK

As said by Mr. Nitin Gadkari – Cabinet Minister of India - Flexible fuel will not only curb pollution but will give a huge push to the farming sector too.

We all know that probing of alternates has been initiated very long-time and lately also started yield positive outcome. As we are more comfortable using energy from fossil fuel, we would like to replicate the fuel from available renewable sources. So, we can use the fuel in the existing systems (automobiles, industries etc.) without altering the major components. Hence, the bio-diesel gained quicker popularity as a source of renewed energy among the planners, researchers and users.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the National Policy on Biofuels – 2018, expanding the scope of raw material for ethanol production by allowing use of sugarcane juice, sugar-containing materials such as sugar beet, sweet sorghum; starch-containing materials such as corn, cassava; damaged food grains like wheat, broken rice, rotten potatoes unfit for human consumption.

Bio-diesel production is getting higher day-by-day basis in India. The major reason behind the phenomena is the limited amount of petroleum product reservoirs. Oil was the largest contributor to our global get-up-and-go needs at 33% of total consumption, followed by coal (30%), natural gas (24%), hydroelectricity (6%), and nuclear power (5%). Cumulatively, fossil fuels provided 87% of the world’s energy.

Nevertheless, if we add nuclear power, fossil fuels plus nuclear power provided 92.1% of all energy, and declined a tiny fraction to 92.0% because of a slight decline in nuclear electricity.

We must articulate that Biofuel is a wonder of the wonders of this era - A Fuel for Future.

THE ENVIRONMENT

The exquisiteness of biofuels is that they suck carbon dioxide out of the air as they grow. When we burn them in our automobiles, we release carbon dioxide, but it is the same carbon that the plants absorbed while growing. Just on that basis, biofuels emerge to be zero net emitters.

But this view is too one-dimensional. It takes energy to grow biofuels; it takes fertilizer, tractors, transportation, and energy to convert the plants to liquid fuels. Planting and on the rise these crops can also change how much carbon is stored in the soil. And using existing food crops or arable land for biofuel production might lead to deforestation if farms are expanded elsewhere to make up for lost food production.

Greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels, Improving Life Cycle Assessments by taking into account local production factors. So, if you want to precisely assess the collision of biofuels, you need to look at what’s called a “life cycle analysis,” which basically means the endeavor it takes to grow the crops, harvest them, convert them to fuel, transport them to distribution sites, and combust them.

The heating fissile fuel industry is near enough pushing all incredibly hard and prompt for Biofuels, we are changing that world!

BIODIESEL AND THE INDIAN FARMERS

‘Jatropha’ is ideally suited for cultivation in draught land as it needs very little water which is scarce in most of indian states like Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Orissa etc. Jatropha cruces are planted in agro forestry formats with food or cash crops on marginal lands (in India often called waste lands). As its leaves are toxic and therefore non-palatable to livestock, they remain intact in their sapling stage, unlike most other tree saplings. extract needed These Jatropha Seeds are very much favourable for the Germination. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are the major supplier of the Jatropha Seeds especially for the Germination. Many companies and Governments are taking interest to collect best seeds from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Biofuels, particularly corn-based ethanol, offered the promise of large financial returns to both the farmer and to the rural community. Have these promises been realized? And how have the small-scale farmers fared against the land barons? Locally sourced biofuels offer potential financial benefits to our farmers in any given day. Increase in corn (and other starch grain) prices and oil seed prices, resulting from increased demand Opportunity for investment in infrastructure through stock options or cooperatives. Hence there is visibly greater employment opportunities for rural community.

Use of ethanol as primary fuel for running vehicles could transform the farm economy of the country, road transport and highways – Said
Mr. Nitin Gadkari – Cabinet Minister of India.

Use of biodiesel will bring billion dollar smiles on every Indian farmer’s face for sure.