A magical plant used by Voodoo practitioners in rural Haiti is being tapped as an alternative source of power.
 
Jatropha is an indigenous plant believed to purge evil spirits and release the trapped souls of the dead.  However it is showing tremendous promise as a source of biofuel in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Haiti has a shortage of almost every power source possible, but it does have a lot of Jatropha. The oil-producing seeds of the Jatropha curcas, once they are crushed and processed, are being tested in India and Nepal in prototype power plants.

The United States and Brazil have signed an agreement last year to help Haiti, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and St. Kitts and Nevis explore the potential of Jatropha and other biofuel-producing plants.

Voodoo practitioners believe, to physically harm one's enemies, you drop the toxic seed into a kerosene lamp, and the longer the lamp burns, the longer the harm is supposed to endure.

So if you stick the fuel into your car, all you need to is think nasty thoughts about your neighbour and they will be history by the time you drive home. X

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