The Jatropha Village

The Jatropha Village
Energy Independence with Jatropha

Jatropha Information Group

The Jatropha Information Group

We at JIG think we are in a world of hurt, we the whole world is now caught between a rock and a very hard place... we are between the rock of peak oil, and the hard place of global warming.

The world as we know it... is fast running out of time, to fix both of these problems one is very near term and is terminal... the second is further out on the horizon but just as if not more deadly to our way of life.

We are fast running out of petroleum, and fast over heating to the point of massive not just human, but all life extinction.

We think there is an out ... a good solution for us, and it is based totally on the small scale local development of Jatropha as a zero emission substitute for coal and petroleum fuel.

The world does not have much time to get this right, and worst yet we probably only one good shot, humanity as we know it, our life style as we come to appreciate it, can and will come to abrupt end, if we do not act. ... JIG believes that best shot for renewable fuels and jatropha especially...

The best solution to both problems is Jatropha planted and grown in millions of villages all across the tropical world...

Our Goal 300 million ha of planted Jatropha in Our objectives 3 million ha planted Jatropha 100 poorest countries all focused at the local village in small family plots, we believe this will help will give the world the time it needs to develop a permit solution to or energy hungry economic systems and and make them more efficient as well as, delivering critical buffer to develop the new Green and sustainable energy systems the world will require to mitigate Global Warming.

Our organization has a unique focus upon the promotion, and collection & dissemination of key information that will aid in the development of a viable Jatropha-biodiesel industry... at the local village and simultaneously create on a massive global scale, interconnected, communicative and with collaboration intensive village networks using - education and WWW wifi and wimax technology.

On a massive scale in numbers of plots, yes but not in massive in Plantation size rather we plan to advocate the smaller is better, more sustainable alternative. Jatropha and all of the attendant benefits we feel empowers to the local level...in their efforts to a sustainable livable environment, and ultimately energy and food independence.

Our focus is the small community level... we desire diversity of locations and decentralization of energy generation, independence, and sustainability is our goal.

Energy "generation" is a matter of national security and as the volatile, price caused mostly by Peak Oil paradigms cause deleterious affects on world supply with severe impacts most developing countries struggling with heavy oil import costs.

Energy Independence

Introducing Jatropha development at the local level can go a long way in achieving greater energy independence, not just for the village, but the entire country with many benefits globally as well .

First, through the development of Jatropha-biodiesel as a fuel. Then secondarily, using the waste cake from fuel production as a good low and "no net carbon emission" fuel.

Jatropha development has become one of ‘when’ rather than ‘if,’ and, now on a near daily basis, a Jatropha-biodiesel is being launched somewhere in the developing world.

Sustainable Development

Developing a dedicated energy crops that are cost-effective, easy to sustain and can produce economic yields. Certainly is a laudable goal for any organization.

Such energy crop that produces Jatropha-biodiesel and holds particular promise for sustainable development and helps the environment in three specific and measurable ways. First through abortion of co2, Second as a low emission fuel, no sulfur, and half the carbon, and finally the waste of fuel production can be used a viable coal substitute.

Poverty Alleviation

Governments has shown a major interest in Jatropha, and alongside other developing alternatives, a number of international groups are now sharing this same environmental and energy independence interest.

The bottom line is :

Jatropha is a valuable multi-purpose crop that can alleviate soil degradation, desertification and deforestation, which can produce Jatropha-biodiesel to replace petrol-diesel, and climatic protection, and hence deserves specific attention.

That is what we want to do...

This is how we plan to do it ...

Education, leveraged with Web 2.0 technology... all of it funded by a 501.c3 Carbon trust ... by selling +7 carbon offsets marketed to the rich and powerful nations and personalities of interest.

Why Jatropha?

JIG local community system must be regarded as one of the best methods for the development of Jatropha-biodiesel. We concentrate on education and technology to bring prosperity to the villages, as well as, energy & economic independence, through energy cost saving and new economic development and new revenues.

Jatropha's robust hardiness and stress handling ability it is as ideal plant for Jatropha-biodiesel products. This makes it the perfect vehicle for economic development in small rural settings.

Low cost seeds – 10 P per kilo

High oil content – almost 30% oil

Small gestation period – just six months

Growth on good and degraded soil – ideal for reforestation and erosion control...

Growth in low and high rainfall areas – very tolerant to environmental extremes...all these things help make it Ideal for the small and rural setting devoid of major resources and funds.

Low cost renewable energy that can Break the cycle of poverty…

We think large industrial systems are not the answer, its is much more sustainable and environmentally friendly for the local community to produce then consume what they produce, sell the excess... but job 1 is to take care of their needs first. The idea is to live with less intensive use of resources, yet to have a better. more fulfilling and sustainable life.

Smaller systems are easier and cheaper to manage with automation of web 2.0 technology. One can achieve the orders of magnitude for educated people, who can find and see new efficiencies, and opportunities in sustainable living. Web 2.0 technologies have revolutionized the franchise.

Using Web 2.0 technologies to educate and coop the village to our way of thinking and sustainable development. As seen in commercial franchises if rual villages have access to web based education and are trained and supported properly.

Production performance and objective achievement is much more manageable, traceable and even track able using the latest WEB technologies.

Which here to fore, that was not the case, however - now, JIG has systems in development that can do just exactly that. We can track and trace each tree, each plot each ha and even each investor too.

Why is that important? so we can sell the "insured and verifiable" carbon offsets generated to remote investors who can at anytime check on their investment performance. The network that delivers the education and support also delivers transparency and accuracy to the offset investment which in turn will lead to sell of more offset generated by the village energy development efforts.

One major key to this success, is to have the villages to produce then consume most if not all of what they produce, locally... Offsets can be sold abroad but the enrgy says home, the sustainability is increased and energy independence is archived. Which in turn, lowers cost and keeps the resource under control and the environment clean healthy and sustainable.

This automation and self consumption system cuts out all the middle men,and attendant cost. Like additional brokerage cost, distributional costs and as a bonus automation severely limits corruption, it will only be found at the village, where it will be small and quickly found out. Plus, automation and data will make it much easer for immediate and swift justice if required.

If there is corruption it is visible and local and small, tractable and traceable... automated systems will not allow for much corruption, with all its checks and balances ,

Automation encourages transparency and the web will allow for global access... so any one can check on any one... anytime for accuracy.

One can be assured, as soon as data, does not agree with the program, the automated system will set off alarms, notifying administrators of irregularities and problems ... and the culprit can easily be identified by the system. and with access to WWW technology bad people can be publicly ostracized.

JIG feels this would be much harder in massive plantations both to hard to develop and much to costly to operate and maintain maintain.

Big money attracts big thieves and if there is one thing for sure there are big thieves and corruption in all poor countries.

So we at JIG think we will plan to and develop for systems that guard, identify, and rectify the corruption we encounter. Much better to plan for and mitigate than just try to wish it away.

As Proof:

At the community level, farmers that produce this energy crops can grow their incomes and grow their own supply of affordable and reliable clean and green energy.

At the national level, producing more Jatropha-biodiesel will generate new industries, new technologies, new jobs and new markets.

At the same time, producing more Jatropha-diesel will save in energy costs and allow developing countries to put more of their resources into vital and critically needed infrastructure and other services.

The high cost and inaccessibility of fossil fuels, brought on by the specter of Peak oil" and the inevitable global warming issues... will leaves approximately 3 billion people worldwide in an awful fix... Crop yields are projected to fall by 20 % because of global warming; as yields fall, and demand rises, all will become more dependent on expensive food imports no reliable energy sources, with out electrical power... economies will collapse and without basic food and shelter, heat, or even light the end will come very soon.

This is the first crisis to hit all of the world the same way at the same time , out comes will be completely different... as the rich fight over the resources, the poor will simply starve ...maybe as much as 3 billion will die.

Ethically all of us have to take a stand, the good in us will dictate we make a commitment... to make renewable energy available and affordable to all…to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are not forced to choose between feeding their people and fueling their economies.

Our mission is to help build development and promotion of Jatropha. Providing the best unvarnished truth to all... information not readily available any where else... open and free to all... for charging for this is like charging for a oar on a life boat. It is just not ethical in our view.

Our objective is to freely give all the information we can ... about buying the seeds, seedling contacts for brokering a oil & waste cake-., and

Education to all on environmentally sustainable energy, the production and refining technology to make Jatropha-biodiesel sustainable and make Jatropha development in small villages in numerous plots interconnected with web technology, all paid for with investments on carbon offsets, our tool for the world poor and the center of new Renaissance of community development.

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Focused on achieving a net zero impact on the earth's climate using Jatropha, while advocating opportunities to increase profits through innovative technology, agricultural and educational partnerships.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

A new source of funds some Ideas to ponder

Jatropha : A new source of funds???


Jatropha (Tuba-Tuba)

The Jatropha has excellent qualities why it was chosen by the government as a source of bio-diesel among others. The Jatropha can be planted anywhere even in dry soil. It does not require any watering. It does not require any maintenance. It can be planted close to each other. It expels bugs and mosquitoes. It is a perfect anti-soil erosion agent. It is perfect carbon-buster (approximately 100 lbs of carbon per year). Does not compete with other staple agriculture food product. It can be inter-cropped with other plants.

Jatropha (Tuba-Tuba) Project

The project started two years ago when PGMA directed the to plant Tuba-tuba within the military reservations. The intention primarily in the planting of this tree/shrub was for the production of bio-diesel/fuel as an alternative energy source. It was implied though, that this was to contribute in the reduction of carbon emissions in the atmosphere, expedite government’s reforestation program and to prevent soil erosion in denuded forests. However, there are more to these for the .


Energy Independence

Through this project, the oil extracted converted into bio diesel/fuel can run power generators as well as other diesel powered equipment. Having power generators on all military bases would eradicate our dependency in local energy providers. Energy independence has its strategic security advantage and value. In the long run, such “green power” generating initiatives would produce more savings for the and direct these savings to other essential support needed for personnel and other infrastructures.

Unused marine and large aircraft engines of the can be refurbished and be utilized as generators. “Green electric energy” surpluses can be placed back to the grid and be shared to commercial industries and residential areas within close proximity of the military bases. This would help mitigate large-scale carbon emissions, make big commercial industries carbon neutral (zero carbon emission) and reduce drastically their carbon footprint (measurement of carbon emitted by an individual or industry.)

Gold Standard Carbon Credits

Seeing the realization in the propagation of the bio diesel/fuel program in the AFP and its production in the next couple of years, the should be prepared and ready for such undertaking. The should be well equipped to pursue this initiative in large scale and in a long term. Putting our focus to this project would not only help in improving the local environment but would also provide a broader, sustainable defense perspective towards achieving our national interests.

The Gold Standard Carbon Credits is an international facility, which the AFP and the government can use to get funding for social, economic and various developmental projects. The Gold standard is the highest level of accreditation of an environmental project that would facilitate the “sale” of carbon credits in the international market.

Carbon credits are credits provided through its “sale” to a factory or a carbon emitting industry that would like to be carbon neutral. Lest, they will be taxed depending on the amount of carbon emitted in the environment. Sale of these carbon credits could be enjoyed by countries, groups, entities especially those belonging to the Third World that has a sustainable environmental project that would help reduce global warming.

Planting trees to reduce global warming may only work in tropical areas. In tropical regions, greater evaporation of water from trees adds a further atmosphere cooling effect. Gold standard carbon credits are not only limited to planting trees and bio diesel/fuel.

Countries already taking advantage of the benefits of this the Gold Standard Carbon Credits facility are Thailand, India and Singapore. United States and number of European countries whose carbon footprint contributes largely in global warming are currently scouting for sustainable environmental projects that they could invest in to be carbon neutral. They would rather invest in an environmental project than be taxed extravagantly by their government due to their large carbon emissions. Carbon off-sets schemes have become a measure to mandatory reduce green house gas emissions in big industries.

Win-Win

The can surely participate and be accredited with Gold Standard Carbon Credits. Sale of carbon credits starts as soon as plants Jatropha in accordance with the Gold Standard requirements. Unlike the bio-diesel/fuel production, it would take three years the earliest before it could be processed. Good thing about the Gold Standard accreditation, while project is in the process of approval, funding for any project can be front-loaded or carbon credits can be pre-paid by international and local carbon credit buyers through an accredited bank. Inter-agency involvement in government (DENR, DOST, DOE, DTI, DOT) and other international organization (UN, WWF) should be part of the loop.

Compliance to parameters is very essential for its approval for Gold Standard. AFP environmental projects incorporating social responsibility (i.e. community involvement, employment, welfare, etc) have been luckily an integral part of our CMO. Once this is established, funding for modernization projects and other collateral projects for soldiers’ welfare and integral infrastructures can be funded. Continuous and sustained Jatropha project implementation would translate to improvement of systems. For the most reasonable and rational decisions for the future of the , it must consider all issues and obstacles it faces in order to be an efficient and professional force, those who are manning, equipment, supplies, facilities and not the least the welfare of the officers and men of the .

This can cover defense equipment acquisition, soldier and dependents healthcare, individual and unit education and training, housing, basing, research and development, equipage, doctrines development and a lot more.

Initiative and process can be duplicated by other government agencies and private entities. Gold standard environmental project such as the Jatropha project has a good international market value through investments. The Philippines could be the first and main green oil producing country, source of renewable energy and the biggest source for Gold Standard carbon credits.

Local engagements and collaborations

Exploratory unofficial meetings were made with the ff organizations/offices:

IRG – International firm into energy solutions and fundings

Fieldway – commercial facility for environmental investing

World Wide Life Fund – Jatropha project assistance and coordination

Carbon Finance Solutions – Gold Standard carbon credit consultant/broker

National Security Adviser’s Office – elevation of Gold Standard Program concept for the AFP Jatropha project

DND, PDR – automation management system for the project and Jatropha technology

OJ7, CMO, Psyops – AFP environmental concerns for national security

AFP Real Estate Office – viable Jatropha plantation locations

Conclusions

Longing for sustainable and long-term solutions for its security and defense requirements to address internal security operations and its future projections for external defense. The Jatropha project seemed to be a puny and insignificant initiative to begin with due to its nature.

However, looking forward, the Jatropha could be the “sustainable and renewable” solution for whatever capability, material and technology development we envisioned to achieve for the future. Putting the environmental concerns to the forefront, side by side with national interest would definitely have an impact in our way of life in the future. Reacting early to the threats of climate change and addressing the issues at hand in our small little way will contribute in a big way, the reversal of global warming.


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