Latest comments posted about When oil grows on trees on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1704-When-oil-grows-on-trees http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1704-When-oil-grows-on-trees As your final paragraph hints at, were the cultivation of Jartropha to prove economically viable, it would be very interesting indeed to see the production of fuel reduced from something which in the past has been responsible for global recessions to just another generic crop such as coffee and rice. However in this instance farmers would be producing a good, for which the demand arguably could be even more inelastic than the for the crops it would be replacing. This could represent an opportunity for farmers to form cartels of their own, with the aim of demanding a reasonable wage for their produce (though hopefully without an world-wide economic downturn this time!) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:45:06 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1704#comment-7047 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1704#comment-7047