The Nation’s economy, the real estate market and tropical storms have taken their toll on SW Florida but the area is still alive and well and has so much to offer. The ever-beautiful beaches, sunshine, year-round activity, health resources and great deals on home purchases are just a few of the outstanding benefits.
Did you know that SW Florida is growing a new energy crop?
Naples Daily News reported on it as well as the FreeReplublic.com in April, 2008. But in case you missed it, I think it’s big news for the area, the U.S. and the World. A new biodiesel that could power engines comes from a tree-shrub called the “Jatropha curas”. It produces a fruit with oily seeds that are crushed to produce a biodiesel. Research estimates that this plant can produce fuel 10 times more than corn and 4 times more than soy. My Dream Fuel LLC in LaBelle is cultivating the plant, should have as of this past June approximately 2 million seedlings planted in a nursery in Hendry County, is opening a seed crushing and plant cloning center at the State Farmer’s Market in Fort Myers and is approaching citrus farms with diseased trees and cattle ranchers to diversify with the Jatropha curas plant. Being one of the first companies to do large plantings of the shrub-tree in the United States has inspired a local start-up company, Sunshine Biofuels, to build an alternative fuel processing plant possibly in Immokalee, Collier County.
A wonderful testament to the ingenuity and spirit of local SW Floridians and an example of how a “Slow Home” type of thinking “Go Local”: Supporting the local economy is essential to keeping your community alive and well can make a positive difference in SW Florida which in turn will affect the economy, the real estate market, the U.S. and the World.
Read my other articles on SW Florida, thinking green, conservation, real estate, featured communities and community events!
Lisa Farina-Lopez, P.A.
239-287-6005
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http://sites.google.com/site/lisafarinalopez/
http://sites.google.com/site/lisafarinalopez/the-northeast---sw-florida-connection
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