First Flight of Jet Powered By Algae-Fuel

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 9, 2009 @05:02AM from the fish-tanks-for-fuel-tanks dept.

s31523 writes "Today a US airline carrier conducted a 90 minute test flight with one of its engines powered by a 50/50 blend of biofuel and normal aircraft fuel. This was the first flight by a US carrier after other airlines have reported trying similar flights. In February 2008, a Virgin 747 flew from London to Amsterdam partly using a fuel derived from a blend of Brazilian babassu nuts and coconuts. At the end of December, one engine of an Air New Zealand 747 was powered by a 50/50 blend of jatropha plant oil and standard A1 jet fuel."

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Oblig Homer Simpson quote by east+coast · 2009-01-09 05:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

blah blah blah Dunkin Donut shops, blah blah blah

Mmmmm... Donuts.

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Re:It will be interesting to see how this plays ou by Idiomatick · 2009-01-09 06:09 · Score: 2, Offtopic

Nobody ever bothers meta-moderating.