''Thomas Cripe, President of Amelot Engineering and Development (AED), stated when asked, Why Jatropha Trees?, "Most bio-diesel producers rely on one source of feedstock to produce fuel, generally soybeans or rapeseed. The economics are changing with these sources of feedstock because they compete for food and land. Jatropha, on the other hand, can be grown much cheaper on waste land and contains a much higher oil concentration and oil quality than other feedstocks. Plantations are being developed at a feverish pace in Africa, India, Central America, South America and Mexico. Even the U.S. is planting test plots in Florida, Texas and California in the hopes of being a producer of Jatropha oil."

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