COMPARISON VALUE
BETWEEN JATROPHA CURCAS AND PALM OIL
AS RESOURCES OF
BIODIESEL IN INDONESIA
Abdul Hadi1,2)
dan Azman Yazid2)
1)Graduated from Msc in
Environmental Technology, University of Teesside, United Kingdom
2)Lecture
at Palm Oil Processing Department, The Polytechnic of Kampar , Riau
ABSTRACT
Objective of
this study is to compare between Jatropha and palm oil as a resource of
biodiesel. Six main factors are compared to estimates the types of possible
biodiesel based on the availability of raw materials. These main factors are
ecology and culture; biodiesel production and cost of production; deforestation
and forest degradation; Indonesia’s rainforest; land reclamation; and loss of
fertility. Results indicated that the development of palm oil plantations lead
to deforestation and forest destruction in Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and Papua.
It also has reduced Indonesia’s rainforest areas over 1 100 000 hectares in
Borneo since 1985 and it causes loss of fertility in Riau and Borneo although
the cost of biodiesel production uses waste crude palm oil is cheaper than
Jatropha oil. Jatropha plantation is friendly for environment because the
development of the plantation does not require large area and it can also be
developed in critical and marginal land.
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