Energy Problems and Energy Crops

The deepening energy crisis has accelerated widening of the gap between haves and have not. A compromise has to be evolved in the presently comperative land use practices in order to provide foot-hold for projects to energy plantations ensuring easier access to firewood and timber for domestic use. Raising fuelwood plantations in beginning of the process which should be closely followed by technology for more efficient conversion of wood into energy and to make wood popular and acceptable source of energy among rural as well as urban people.