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There are two drivers to the search for sustainable alternative oils, geopolitical and environmental. The consumption and demand for petroleum products increases every year due to increase in population, standard of living and urbanization.
Production and availability of oil, the key fossil fuel of the last one hundred years, is in serious decline. There is growing concern about the political instability in many oil producing countries. Global warming is being driven by the emission of CO2 and other Green House Gases from transport, one of the fastest growing contributors.
Sustainably produced renewable fuels are a definite part of the answer to the growing geopolitical and environmental threats. Viridas are among the first companies in the world to manage their own Jatropha groves. The Business is totally focused and dedicated to growing Jatropha Biodiesel feedstock to meet ever increasing international demand for renewable fuels |
