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Friday 07/23/10
Commercial Airlines Hope to Get 1 Percent of Fuel from Biofuels by 2015

Fuel used by commercial airlines may include about 1 percent from biofuels by 2015, according to Bloomberg News. British Airways Plc and Continental Airlines Inc. are testing jet fuels made using a variety of biomass feedstocks. Right now, biofuels are not used by any airline on regularly scheduled flights.

(Bloomberg News, July 22, 2010)

(http://www.bloomberg.com/…)

Posted at 1:33PM CDT 07/23/10
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Prof. Wayne Seames head of chemestry dept. U.N.D. Grandforks N.D. Has along with his students have been producing bio fuel from S.Beans and other feed stocks for some time. He has been working with the schools Aviation program testing jet fuel. He also has been using a non edible plant from Nigeria called Jotropha which produces a bean with oil that is easy to refine in comparison to other oils. Scott H.
Posted by SCOTT HENDRICKSON at 9:04AM CDT 07/25/10
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