Henan plans to plant 3 million mu of energy forests, which could produce 300,000 tons of diesel per year

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The seeds of the Phellodendron tree can be used to produce diesel; one pound of diesel can be obtained from 3 pounds of these seeds. This kind of “diesel tree” grows wild throughout the mountains in cities such as Linzhou, Jiaozuo, Hebi, and Sanmenxia in our province. With global oil prices soaring, this good news regarding renewable diesel is encouraging. According to the plans of the provincial forestry department, Henan will plant 3 million mu of Sophora japonica \"ecological energy forests\" over the next 10 years. Once these trees have grown, they will be able to produce 300,000 tons of diesel per year, generating an annual value of around 1.8 billion yuan. Event: A “large oil field” hidden within Sophora japonica. According to Xinhua News Agency, “In 2007, 50,000 mu of Sophora japonica were planted in Hebei Province.” The Chinese honeylocust is known as the diesel tree, and the biodiesel extracted from its seeds is very similar to conventional diesel. According to experts’ estimates, one mu of Sophora tonkinensis can produce 500 kilograms of seeds, from which 200 kilograms of diesel can be extracted. ” Can the seeds of the Chinese galltree be used to produce oil? Li Baocai, a 57-year-old farmer from Potou Village, Potou Township, Mianchi County, Henan Province, can’t believe it even in his dreams – there are these plants all over the mountains here. We have been using the oil extracted from them for decades; how is it possible to use them to make diesel? ” On January 13, 2 Potou Township in Mianchi County, Henan Province, the reporter arrived there; the first heavy snowfall of the year had just fallen, covering the entire area in a white blanket. Potou Township is located in the northern part of Mianchi County; traveling another twenty or thirty li northward leads to the Yellow River. Due to its remote location, there is no hustle and bustle of a city here; instead, it is filled with natural tranquility. For thousands of years, the Chinese galltree has grown peacefully in this place. Li Baocai said that our village is adjacent to a large mountain, and the mountains are covered with Chinese gall trees, so many that they cannot be counted. Due to poor soil and low incomes, before the 1990s, people who lacked oil for cooking would collect seeds of the Sophora japonica tree and use local methods to extract edible oil from them. However, this oil had a strong medicinal taste, so the local people called it “medicinal oil”. “Can the oil extracted from the seeds of the Chinese honeylocust be used as diesel? If these Sophora seeds can really be used to produce diesel, then wouldn’t our village end up with an oil field? ”Li Baocai said, “I need to do some careful calculations for this.” ”