Today in Biofuels Opinion: “there is an unbelievable opportunity for underdeveloped countries to simultaneously lift people out of poverty and solve their crippling addiction to energy imports.”

Dr. R Rajagopal, jatropha pioneer: “Developing sustainability criteria for feedstocks based on renewable resources is critical for long-term viability of any biofuel project as it would minimize the sociological and environmental impacts of such projects.”

POET CEO Jeff Broin: “I’m confident that what POET has achieved in rural America can happen all over the world. With a billion acres of idled cropland across the globe — and the price of agricultural commodities above the cost of production for the first time in decades — there is an unbelievable opportunity for underdeveloped countries to simultaneously lift people out of poverty and solve their crippling addiction to energy imports.”

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