A Greener Flight – Biofuel Airplanes
Yesterday, Air New Zealand was the second airline to test bio-fuel on one of their airplanes, the first being done by Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic a few months back. So what’s the hype about bio-fuel and airplanes? Well, it’s definitely going to cut emissions, cut airline costs and of course help reduce the current environment problem, global warming.
Air New Zealand flew one of their jumbo jets, the 747-400, for a two hour test flight with one engine (there are four engines on a 747) on a 50/50 mix of jatropha and regular jet fuel. Jatropha is different compared to other bio-fuel crops like corn and soybean. Jatropha needs little water of fertilizer and can be grown virtually anywhere on the planet even deserts.
Two more airliners, Continental Airlines and Japan airlines will be doing similar tests this coming January. This comes with amid pressure from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which requires all airlines to fly by 2017 on a 10 percent alternative fuel. IATA is also hoping to fly carbon free in 50 years with the help of solar power and new technologies.
So we are finally on the road to help the environment, cut costs and develop new technologies. Sooner or later we’ll be flying on nuclear power planes or fully powered solar planes. Imagine the price of one seat? However, we won’t even need to use an air transport in the future as we would already have teleportation devices to beam us around the world instantly, right guys?
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