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IPB TO HOST INT'L CONFERENCE ON JATROPHA AS BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK
Bogor, West Java, June 21 (ANTARA) - The Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) will host an international conference on "Researches to The Near Future Business" here from June 24 to 26, 2008.
At least 10 countries will take part in the conference that is to discuss the use of jatropha curcas to make biofuel and the possibility of banning the use of food crops as feedstock to produce biofuel, according to Dr Eng. Erliza Hambali here on Saturday.
Among countries to participate in the meeting will be Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Canada, Korea, Vietnam and China.
The conference would be organized in cooperation with PT Indocement which is currently investing in jatropha plantation for alternative energy, the Plantation Development and Research Center and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN).
"We hope that the meeting will be a forum for exchange of ideas, information and technology among related parties engaged in bio-energy development using jatropha from all over the world," she said.
Earlier, IPB Dean Prof Dr Eng Justika S Baharsjah said the tendency to replace fossil fuel with renewable energy or biofuels made from food crops such as corn, cassava and soybean had led to negative excesses.
Speaking at a seminar in Bogor recently, Baharsjah quoted a Time magazine report which said that the volume of corn going into the production of a quantity of biofuel enough to fill the fuel tank of a SUV (sport utility vehicle) was equal to that to feed a person for one year.
"The volume is too large. It's a bit too much, because they produce it from food crops such as corn, cassava and sugarcane, and even soybean. They use pollution reduction or global warming mitigation as excuses. However, according to research papers I have read, ethanol derived from corn cannot slow down global warming, it even could harm forests, including those in Brazil and Indonesia. The one which has been declared 'clear' is sugarcane," Baharsjah said.
At least 10 countries will take part in the conference that is to discuss the use of jatropha curcas to make biofuel and the possibility of banning the use of food crops as feedstock to produce biofuel, according to Dr Eng. Erliza Hambali here on Saturday.
Among countries to participate in the meeting will be Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Australia, Canada, Korea, Vietnam and China.
The conference would be organized in cooperation with PT Indocement which is currently investing in jatropha plantation for alternative energy, the Plantation Development and Research Center and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN).
"We hope that the meeting will be a forum for exchange of ideas, information and technology among related parties engaged in bio-energy development using jatropha from all over the world," she said.
Earlier, IPB Dean Prof Dr Eng Justika S Baharsjah said the tendency to replace fossil fuel with renewable energy or biofuels made from food crops such as corn, cassava and soybean had led to negative excesses.
Speaking at a seminar in Bogor recently, Baharsjah quoted a Time magazine report which said that the volume of corn going into the production of a quantity of biofuel enough to fill the fuel tank of a SUV (sport utility vehicle) was equal to that to feed a person for one year.
"The volume is too large. It's a bit too much, because they produce it from food crops such as corn, cassava and sugarcane, and even soybean. They use pollution reduction or global warming mitigation as excuses. However, according to research papers I have read, ethanol derived from corn cannot slow down global warming, it even could harm forests, including those in Brazil and Indonesia. The one which has been declared 'clear' is sugarcane," Baharsjah said.
