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Article: From fruit to fuel.(Feature)
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- OEM Off-Highway
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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From fruit to fuel
by Michelle EauClaire
Jatropha is an up-and-coming biofuel source, and BEI Intl. can harvest it.
Currently growing on more than 64,000 acres in the Americas, jatropha is one of the fastest growing sources of alternative fuel. It is a drought-resistant plant able to grow in wasteland and without fertilizer, thus it doesn't need to compete with food crops for land. And, using it for fuel doesn't affect food prices, as the fruit itself is toxic.
BEI Intl. LLC, South Haven, MI, has a history of over 50 years of manufacturing agricultural harvesters. Max Lint, Bill Evashevski, and Rick and Jeff Mckibben (grandsons of ...