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World Bank Urges CO2 Markets To Invest In Africa.


Green Star Delivers 1(st) of 90 Biodiesel Reactors to South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa.

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:GSPI GSPI Gail Seymour Productions ) recently announced that it has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors. The first reactor was delivered (by air freight air freight nflete m por avión

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The GSPI/De Beers biodiesel project, with a total of 900 million gallons of biodiesel production Biodiesel production is the process of synthesizing biodiesel. Biodiesel is a liquid fuel source largely compatible with petroleum based diesel fuel. The most common method for its manufacture is synthesis by reacting a glyceride-containing plant oil with a short chain alcohol such  capacity (at full capacity), offers an opportunity to acquire valuable carbon credits.

Some of the carbon credits will be allocated to carbon funds run by the World Bank on behalf of investors and governments. Others, however, are being bought by private sector entities.

On November 16, 2006 (Reuters) The World Bank criticized carbon credits market investors for failing to fund clean energy projects in Africa: "The World bank urges CO2 markets to invest in Africa."

Many investors believe that the risk of investment in some African countries is too high and the carbon credits only offset a small portion of the risk, especially when considering the high capital costs on wind and solar energy solar energy, any form of energy radiated by the sun, including light, radio waves, and X rays, although the term usually refers to the visible light of the sun.  projects.

However, this may not be the case with the De Beers/GSPI franchising of biodiesel plants in South Africa.

The carbon credit trading allowances versus capital costs are significantly better for the De Beers project and would offer a greater hedge on capital investment than other clean energy projects.

This situation occurs because of two factors:
     1) Capital costs are significantly reduced due to the franchising
        business strategy.

     2) Capital costs are further reduced due to the design and
        engineering that incorporates an efficient continuous process
        with advanced engineering simplicity.


"The market is still very much in its infancy and while South Africa is ripe for it, few have taken the plunge" (Reuters February 2005).

De Beers has already received financial commitments to build 90 biodiesel plants each at 10 million gallons per year Million gallons per year is a measure of large-scale liquid production, consumption, or throughput. It is variously abbreviated as mgy, MGY, mmgy, MMgy, or MMGY.  capacity that would initially use sunflower seed oil as feedstock but would switch to algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that  as soon as possible (see GSPI Press Release dated Nov. 13, 2006 at GreenStarUSA.com).

The ability to create projects in developing countries that generate carbon credits was established under the Kyoto Protocol (Treaty), which has been ratified by 165 nations to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases that cause Climate Change (Global Warming). Each project must be registered and approved before receiving accreditation.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently stated at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, "Climate change is not just an environmental issue, as too many people still believe. It is an all-encompassing threat."

Mr. Annan went on to say, "This is not science fiction. These are plausible scenarios, based on clear and rigorous scientific modeling. A few die-hard skeptics continue to deny global warming is taking place and try to sow doubt. They should be seen for what they are: out of step, out of arguments and out of time."

Mr. Annan further stated, "Spurred by the Kyoto Protocol, international carbon finance flows to developing countries could reach $100 billion per year."

GSPI and its Consortium are proud to be part of this De Beers Fuel Limited Team in South Africa and have already set up operations at its 90,000 sq. ft. Facility to fabricate as many as 150 reactors per year to accommodate anticipated expansion of De Beers plant facilities into other countries, which have already shown a great interest in the franchising business strategy.

For more information on De Beers Fuel Ltd., visit their website at www.infinitibiodiesel.com or e-mail info@infinitibiodiesel.com.

Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) is an environmentally friendly company dedicated to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the quality of life and clean up the environment. Green Star Products and its Consortium are involved in the production of renewable clean-burning biodiesel and other products, including lubricants, additives and devices, that reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power plants. For more information, see Green Star Products' Web site at http://www.GreenStarUSA.com, or call Investor Relations Investor relations

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 "GSPI."

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