How India Can Get Out Of The Oil Pool

Updated on: 7 February 2024 6:08 pm

Mineral oil reserves could last another 100 years. Uranium expected to run out in another 20-30 years.
Sweden plans to end dependency on mineral oil by 2020. In India, no such date is in sight.
Europe plans biodiesel to make up 25 per cent of diesel consumption by 2030
In Brazil, some cities run the entire fleet of buses on ethanol derived from crops. In Sweden, one in seven cars already runs on biofuel.
India sees promise in the oil-yielding jatropha plant. Britain’s BP is funding 8,000 hectares of jatropha cultivation in Andhra Pradesh.
With India’s low land availability for energy crops, it should look at modifying plants genetically to produce higher yields
It could also look at converting waste into fuel
Appoint a minister for sustainable development. Getting out of dependence on mineral oil is a matter of political will.