Friday, August 8, 2008

Bio Farming: Wonderful Alternative

As the crude oil prices becoming dearer, one need to devise a strong strategy to outsmart the current global energy crisis! The fossil fuels from which the conventional fuels are extracted are limited and it’s going to be exhausted within 2100 or so. So it’s high time to think of alternative forms of energy to reduce the thrust on fossil fuel consumption.

Fossil fuel albeit have many advantages over alternative sources of energy is a double edged sword as they contribute towards global warming by adding tones and tones of carbon di-oxide every hour! Thus especially developing nations like India must try to tap energy from jojoba and Jatropha plants which are plants that can be used as bio diesels!

These plants require very less amount of water and they thrive mainly in arid regions of Rajastan in our country. They have many merits and it can be cultivated as a cash crop. Still research is going on in this domain and I hope scientists will come up with a fruitful result. These plants also aid in absorbing carbon di oxide as they are very good at it.

Furthermore, India can tap alternative sources of energy like solar, wind, geothermal for its burgeoning energy needs. I opine that these sources of energy will account for at least 60-70% of the nation’s energy requisites. Let’s try to emulate these alternative techniques in our nation so that our country wont be affected by the present energy crisis! Nothing more to add.

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