Securing Energy through Biofuels

By Evan Branosky on Saturday, January 21, 2006.

grassUpdated: Follow this link to read the most recent article from Haiti Innovation on biofuels [link]. The biggest environmental stories of the last several years have been energy security and climate change. Now, an op-ed in the Miami Herald says that Haiti might be able to supply the Dominican Republic with biofuels while strengthening its own economy and mitigating the increased greenhouse gases that can accompany economic development.

Johanna Mendelson-Forman's op-ed touches on a climate policy area known as 'Sustainable Development Policies and Measures', or SD-PAMs. SD-PAMs are policies that can be instituted by developing nations that allow them to meet their development goals without harming the global climate. Haiti is now uniquely positioned to participate in this rapidly evolving policy field: it has a large agrarian citizenship, a eastern neighbor eager for biofuels, and a consistent mandate from the international community to increase standard-of-living. If Haiti takes advantage of this opportunity, it may be able to strengthen its ravaged economy by helping a neighbor decrease its use of fossil fuels - which can only be good for an island poised to suffer from the adverse effects of climate change.

Click here to see Mendelson-Forman's article in the Miami Herald.

Evan Branosky

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i think that some information related to production of bio diesal should also be added

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what is that bean that has half it's weight in oil? it's easily grown and makes an excellent source of food and biofuel, would cause a few emission problems tho..

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actually resources have to be sustatianbly used so that the resources do get get finished and thus saving them for the future generations.
by doing this we mean that it is -sustainable development.
it is implemented so by-
(1) using it properly
(2) not wasting it
(3) saving it for future generations

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plz define me in brief what is BIOSORPTION AND WHAT IS BIODEGRADATION???

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Emission levels

Hi my question might be quite far from the topic of biofuels but I was just wondering if anyone knows if non-road (e.g. diesel engines) emission standards are in place here in Haiti? I am doing a research on CO emission. I found emission standards for diesel engines but it's for the US. Do we have such here in Haiti? I apologize for my ignorance...

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Hello,
I am a long time professional recycler of metals and plastics. Other than degradation by UV/sunlight I was unaware that normal polyethylene can be biodegraded. We currently crack polyethylene in the absence of oxygen and reburn the fume as a heat and power source. Part of this heat is then used to keep the process going. The byproducts are CO2 and water and aside from pigments the process is environmentally sound and yields about 30,000 BTUs per kg of PE Waste. Much faster than biodgradation and an excellent fuel.

detailed procedure for biofuels production at lab scale

dear sir/madam,
we(meera & maha) are the students of Kalasalingam University doing final year B.Tech Biotechnology. We are planning to do our major project on Biofuel production from vegetable oil, animal fat and corn. We are very much interested in the field of biofuel production which would be a boon to the world. So we are in need of detailed procedure for our major project at lab scale. Awaiting eagerly for ur reply soon. Thank u sir/madam.

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info

Helo,
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Hope to get maetial on the same mentioned above from you.
Thanking you.
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About Exporting Biodiesel to the Dominican Republic

I agree that producing biodiesel and ethanol in Haiti would be great. It would create lots of jobs, help gain strong economic growth, meet local transportation demand, and potentially allow for a new export market in the country.

However, I don't know if the Dominican Republic would be the viable market, for two reasons. Before I give those two reasons, it's worth mentioning that Haiti can potentially produce both biodiesel and ethanol. The first reason is that the DR is also developing both of these fuels to meet local needs. Already, a Brazilian company will begin producing enough ethanol in 2009 to meet about 13% of domestic needs.

The other reason is that the DR is thinking of producing both to meet domestic needs and to export. Jatropha can also be grown in the DR, and there is much more land it in the DR. In addition, the country already has policies to promote these fuels.

Because of these reasons, Haiti's biodiesel/ethanol production will have to meet local demands and regional demands. Many regional island nations are pushing for carbon dioxide emission reductions, so exporting it regionally and internationally will probably be the best option.

Hi, Im debating the issue of

Hi,
Im debating the issue of biofuels in the near future. I am affirmative. Any relevent information would be very much appreciated

Cheers

reply

Going to the Williamstown A div debates I see....are u affirmative or negative? What school?

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ever ever ever ever ..................

Whats happening to people in Haiti is ridicolous nothing like that should be done to anyone or anything. It makes me feel sad even to hear whats happening. There government needs to step up and start making some changes or it will be the ugliest and the poorest country forever...........and ever ever ever ever ever ever ever.

Thanks!

Thank you for your recent comment. If you could provide us with some biofuel information from Haiti or the developing world, please send them along to us. We'd love to hear more from you! Thanks for your support.

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