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+<br>The recent discoveries of a International Energy Administration whistleblower that the IEA may have misshaped key oil projections under extreme U.S. pressure is, if real (and whistleblowers hardly ever come forward to advance their professions), a slow-burning atomic explosion on future global oil production. The Bush administration's actions in pushing the IEA to underplay the rate of decline from existing oil fields while overplaying the opportunities of finding brand-new reserves have the potential to toss federal governments' long-term planning into turmoil.<br>
+<br>Whatever the truth, increasing long term international needs seem particular to overtake production in the next years, especially provided the high and rising costs of developing new super-fields such as Kazakhstan's overseas Kashagan and Brazil's southern Atlantic Jupiter and Carioca fields, which will need billions in investments before their first barrels of oil are produced.<br>
+<br>In such a circumstance, ingredients and substitutes such as biofuels will play an ever-increasing function by extending beleaguered production quotas. As [market forces](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) and rising costs drive this technology to the forefront, one of the wealthiest possible production locations has actually been absolutely neglected by financiers already - Central Asia. Formerly the USSR's cotton "plantation," the region is poised to become a major gamer in the production of biofuels if sufficient foreign investment can be procured. Unlike Brazil, where [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) is manufactured largely from sugarcane, or the United States, where it is mostly distilled from corn, Central Asia's ace resource is a native plant, [Camelina sativa](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).<br>
+<br>Of the former Soviet Caucasian and Central Asian republics, those clustered around the coasts of the Caspian, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have seen their economies boom because of [record-high](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) energy rates, while Turkmenistan is waiting in the wings as a rising producer of natural gas.<br>
+<br>Farther to the east, in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, geographical isolation and relatively little hydrocarbon resources relative to their Western Caspian next-door neighbors have largely prevented their capability to cash in on rising global energy needs already. Mountainous Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan stay mostly reliant for their electrical needs on their Soviet-era hydroelectric infrastructure, however their increased need to produce winter season electricity has actually caused autumnal and winter season water discharges, in turn severely affecting the agriculture of their western downstream next-door neighbors Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.<br>
+<br>What these three downstream nations do have however is a Soviet-era tradition of farming production, which in Uzbekistan's and Turkmenistan case was mainly directed towards cotton production, while Kazakhstan, beginning in the 1950s with Khrushchev's "Virgin Lands" programs, has become a major producer of wheat. Based upon my discussions with Central Asian government officials, offered the [thirsty](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) needs of cotton monoculture, foreign propositions to diversify agrarian production towards [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) would have fantastic appeal in Astana, Ashgabat and Tashkent and to a lower level Astana for those hardy investors willing to bank on the future, particularly as a plant native to the area has actually currently proven itself in trials.<br>
+<br>Known in the West as false flax, wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame and [Siberian](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) oilseed, camelina is bring in increased clinical interest for its oleaginous qualities, with numerous European and American companies currently investigating how to produce it in commercial amounts for [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb). In January Japan Airlines carried out a historical test flight using camelina-based bio-jet fuel, ending up being the first Asian carrier to experiment with flying on fuel stemmed from sustainable [feedstocks](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) during a one-hour demonstration flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The test was the conclusion of a 12-month evaluation of camelina's operational performance ability and prospective business viability.<br>
+<br>As an [alternative energy](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) source, camelina has much to suggest it. It has a high oil content low in hydrogenated fat. In contrast to Central Asia's thirsty "king cotton," camelina is drought-resistant and immune to spring freezing, requires less fertilizer and herbicides, and can be used as a rotation crop with wheat, which would make it of particular interest in Kazakhstan, now Central Asia's major wheat exporter. Another bonus offer of camelina is its tolerance of poorer, less fertile conditions. An acre planted with camelina can produce up to 100 gallons of oil and when planted in rotation with wheat, camelina can increase wheat production by 15 percent. A lot (1000 kg) of camelina will include 350 kg of oil, of which pushing can extract 250 kg. Nothing in camelina production is lost as after processing, the plant's debris can be utilized for livestock silage. Camelina silage has an especially attractive concentration of omega-3 fatty acids that make it an especially great [animals](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) feed prospect that is recently [acquiring recognition](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) in the U.S. and Canada. Camelina is fast growing, produces its own natural herbicide (allelopathy) and competes well versus weeds when an even crop is established. According to Britain's Bangor University's Centre for Alternative Land Use, "Camelina might be a perfect low-input crop ideal for bio-diesel production, due to its lower requirements for nitrogen fertilizer than oilseed rape."<br>
+<br>Camelina, a branch of the mustard household, is indigenous to both Europe and Central Asia and hardly a new crop on the scene: archaeological evidence suggests it has been cultivated in Europe for a minimum of 3 millennia to produce both grease and animal fodder.<br>
+<br>Field trials of production in Montana, presently the center of U.S. camelina research study, revealed a large range of results of 330-1,700 lbs of seed per acre, with oil content varying in between 29 and 40%. Optimal seeding rates have actually been figured out to be in the 6-8 pound per acre range, as the seeds' small size of 400,000 seeds per pound can create issues in germination to attain an ideal plant density of around 9 plants per sq. ft.<br>
+<br>Camelina's potential could allow Uzbekistan to start breaking out of its most dolorous tradition, the imposition of a cotton monoculture that has warped the country's efforts at agrarian reform because attaining self-reliance in 1991. Beginning in the late 19th century, the Russian government figured out that Central Asia would become its [cotton plantation](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to feed Moscow's growing textile industry. The procedure was sped up under the Soviets. While Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were also ordered by Moscow to plant cotton, Uzbekistan in specific was singled out to [produce](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) "white gold."<br>
+<br>By the end of the 1930s the Soviet Union had become self-dependent in cotton