OUR FUEL STATION IN JACO

COSTA RICA SEED COMPANY has contracted a gas station for use in researching the best method for selling and for marketing the B100/ biodiesel. In this endeavor we are striving to find the most efficient way to market B100, so that it will meet the needs of the consumers in Costa Rica best.

THE SEED

For any bio-fuel efforts to become successful in replacing a large quantity of petroleum production, the yield of fuel per acre needs to be as high as possible. 

Because bio-fuels are a form of solar energy, plants use photosynthesis to convert solar energy into chemical energy stored in the form of oils, carbohydrates, proteins, etc.

The more efficient a particular plant is at converting that solar energy into chemical energy - the greater the outcome will be from a bio-fuels perspective.

OUR ORGANIC PLANTATION

2 YEAR CROPS, FREE FROM PESTICIDES

STALKS EASY TO CULTIVATE

Another attractive attribute of Jatropha is that it is drought-resistant and can grow in saline, marginal and even otherwise infertile soil, requiring little water and maintenance. It is hearty and easy to propagate. After a plant is cut, it is simply pushed back into the ground where it will again take root.

BIODIESEL PLANT PRODUCTION

In order to get to the next step of the process, we have given an example above of a Plant Production which we will need the funding to begin (ex. 1.1).

Two steps will need to be taken for producing biodiesel on a large scale. The first step will be growing the Jatropha oil feedstock and processing them into biodiesel. It would be possible to grow enough crops to provide the jatropha oil (feedstock) for producing the required levels of biodiesel necessary to completely replace petroleum as a transportation fuel.

One significant concern regarding wide-scale development of biodiesel fuels is how development efforts would displace croplands currently used for commercial food production. This is why we are seeking unproductive land.

In the US, roughly 450 million acres of land is currently used for growing crops. The majority of the lands are actually being used for producing animal feed for the meat industry. According to the USDA research, another 580 million acres is used for grassland pasture and range.

This alone accounts for nearly half of the 2.3 billion acres within the US (only 3% or 66 million acres is categorized as urban land).

From a mathematical standpoint, 15,000 square miles works out to roughly 9.5 million acres - far less than the 450 million acres currently used for crop farming in the US and the over 500 million acres used as grazing land for farm.

GLOBAL COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

Global programs in place over 900,000 hectares and Millions being planted today:

Selected Countries: Costa Rica, Colombia, Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador
Argentina, Mexico
India- 1 Million hectares.
Brazil -100,000. hectares.
Florida, USA-
Malasia-22,000.hectares
Indonesia-200,000. hectares
S. Africa – 15,000. hectares
Malawi- 55,000. hectares
Cambodia-20,000. hectares
Mozambique-300,000. hectares.
Madagascar-17,000. hectares.