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| Question: When considering the use of Jatropa and the residue of fish production in biofuel production, what are the factors that could diminish the public approval and ecological sustainability? Especially, what are the effects of these activities on the environment and the society, and how do they affect the approval of clients and other people? |
| Answer: The utilization of Jatropa plant in the production of biofuel doesn't seem quite as promising as that of the residue of fish farming. The same problems with direct and indirect changes in the use of landscape and the competition with food production that have come up with the cultivation of other plants used for bioenergy apply to Jatropa as well. The benefit of Jatropa is it's ability to grow in harsher environments, but in these conditions the plant's oil production decreases. Fish residue is an unavoidable adverse effect of fish farming, and thus the production of the waste doesn't actually cause any extra emission. Even so, the emissions and effects of fish farming can't be left unnoticed, because the utilization of the residue can also make the primary process more profitable, thus increasing the emissions and effects on the area. |
Scope
This page is summary page of The use of Jatropa as a source of bioenergy (in Finnish) and The use of fish farming residue as a source of bioenergy (in Finnish) pages.
Question
When considering the use of Jatropa and the residue of fish production in biofuel production, what are the factors that could diminish the public approval and ecological sustainability? Especially, what are the effects of these activities on the environment and the society, and how do they affect the approval of clients and other people?
Boundaries
- Examine the role of Finnish people in the production of bioenergy worldwide.
- The focus is especially in the production of biodiesel and other liquid fuels used in the vehicles.
- Of the effects of the activities, the focii are mostly in ecological, ethical and environmental effects, but essentially important health-, monetary- and other effects are not ruled out.
