Soya-powered planes promise greener air travel

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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994813
Soya oil is just the thing to give aviation fuel a greener future, believe a group of US biochemists.

They say that an aircraft fuel based on soya oil and traditional jet fuel will slash consumption of fossil fuel, and help slow the rise in greenhouse gas levels by using carbon from renewable sources. They will tell a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California, next week how it can be done.

Commercial jets run on a petroleum fuel called Jet A. Like all fossil fuels, it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when burnt. Biofuels like soya oil, on the other hand, are "carbon neutral" because the carbon they release came from the atmosphere only recently.

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1. This sounds like normal biodiesel (SME)

I've seen stories of biodiesel used in jets before (presumably in warmer weather).

If this new process if cheap enough, then cars and trucks will be able to run on B100 year-round without fear of gelling.