What is a
Multi Functional Rural Fuel Platform (MFRFP)
The
Multi Functional Rural Fuel Platform is in effect a micro municipality
that comes in a box, the diagram below shows what services the MFRFP provides:
The
Multi Functional Rural Fuel Platform - MFRFP
The Multi Functional Rural Fuel
Platform or MFRFP is designed to enable poor,
rural farmers to free themselves from the cycle of poverty that currently ensnares
them by using vegetable oil seed crops
as the raw material with which they can energize their communities.
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The Multi Functional Rural Fuel Platform...
…provides a
way for rural populations to earn money selling a community produced diesel fuel
replacement...
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electric power and clean water to their communities... |
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How does a Multi Functional Rural Fuel Platform (MFRFP) work
The MFRFP's
vegetable oil seed extruder crushes vegetable oil seeds like Soy, Canola,
Sunflower, Jatropha etc. The resulting vegetable oil is converted into renewable
diesel which is then sold as fuel, generating a cash revenue stream in the
community.
The vegetable
oil produced by the extruder is also used as fuel for the diesel engine. This
diesel power is used to drive the oil seed extruder, the electric generator, the water
purifier, the water pump, the tool grinder wheel, flour mill, plus provide a small amount
heat for home and/or water heating.
A rural community can
provide power for a small scale village electrification system utilizing the MFRFP's
electricity generator. This generator can also be used to charge batteries and
lanterns, to provide a "sandal grid" based lighting system.
The MFRFP's water
pump can lift water from a
rural community's wells or water course, eliminating the
back breaking effort required to carry water by hand. The MFRFP will also clean
the pumped water with the integrated water purifier system, reducing village
disease levels caused by contaminated water supplies.
A flour grinding mill fitted to the MFRFP
eliminates the hours of labor processing food.
The protein meal cake left
over from the seed extrusion process can be used to extend the local population’s
diet. This protein rich food supplement increases the protein levels in food
ensuring proper nutrition, plus this meal cake can be
used as supplemental animal feed during the unseasonable months.
The MFRFP provides the
missing piece of the development puzzle
The MFRFP's rural fuel production capability
enables poor, rural communities to generate cash from the sales of fuel produced
in the community.
The ability to earn money is the missing piece in the rural development puzzle that has plagued the aid
community and developing world alike in their poverty alleviation efforts for the last 30 years.
The MFRFP provides an opportunity for poor,
rural communities to join the global trading system and sell a valuable
commodity to the world. In this way, the MFRFP's revenue stream provides the
ability to turn the conventional thinking on providing aid to poor, rural communities
on its head. The MFRFP for the first time provides entrepreneurial and job
opportunities for the local populations living in poor, rural communities that
are far more lucrative than can be found in cities or in other countries.
The
MFRFP can provide a
way out of
the rural poverty trap
We believe that the
Multi Functional Rural Fuel
Platform (MFRFP)
is one of the keys that can help the world's rural poor free themselves from a
poverty cycle that sees more than 2 billion of the world's population earning
less than one dollar per day.
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