First Jatropha Powered Jumbo Jet Lands
Today history has been made by Air New Zealand in the first flight powered by Jatropha. Jatropha, an up and coming second generation biofuel, that does not take away from food crops, was used in a 50/50 mix of Jatropha and jet fuel.
The additive does not require any modifications to the engines which makes it even better. The two hour test flight went off without a hitch. There was no difference in how the engines ran and there was no distinguishable difference at any level to using kerosene, which is jet fuel.
Today’s test does not mean that we will instantly be using Jatropha world wide on every flight. It does mean that an airline opened there minds to helping the planet and that if it goes well for them, other airlines will follow suit. Jatropha still is not being grown in large enough quantities to facilitate the airline industry but through planning and growing demand to purchase this wondrous fuel, we are sure that farmers will also follow suit.
This video brings to light the advantages of a union between Jatropha and the airline industry.
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Peyton Rivera | Apr 30, 2010 | Reply
Every government should focus more on Alternative Energy so as not to be too dependent on Oil and avoid air pollution as well.’:,
Ian Henderson | Jul 10, 2010 | Reply
Alternative Energy do really help the environment so that is why we should use more of it. “”