Boeing Discovers Promising Biofuel At $3 Per Gallon

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http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/21/boeing-discovers-promising-biofuel-3-per-gallon/



Boeing has identified a commercially viable “green diesel” that emits 50% less carbon dioxide than conventional fossil fuels.

Boeing Discovers Promising Biofuel At $3 Per Gallon
Published on January 21st, 2014 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on Reviving Gaia.
By Roy L Hales.

It is made from oils and fats that are chemically similar to today’s aviation biofuel and, with US government incentives, costs about $3 a gallon.  That makes it competitive with petroleum jet fuel.

Were it not for the prohibitive cost, many airlines would already have been using renewable fuels.

Boeing has been a leader in this field since 2011, when a 747–8F flew to the Paris Airshow burning a B15 (15% biofuel) mix from camelina.

Together with 27 other airlines in the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, Boeing has been trying to develop a biofuel that is produced sustainably, without adverse impact to greenhouse gas emissions, local food security, soil, water and air.




unhappycamper comment: Now that Boeing can produce airplane biofuel, will Boeing get more tax breaks as an energy corporation?

Monday's thread on this issue: http://www.democraticunderground.com/111646812