Wednesday January 16, 2008

Virgin Atlantic to fly a 747 plane on biofuel

peakoil.com -> msnbc.com :

Virgin Atlantic said Monday [14 Jan 2008] it would fly one of its Boeing 747 planes on biofuel during a demonstration flight from London to Amsterdam next month. Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson said the test flight, which he called the first of its kind, would yield crucial information on how to reduce aviation's carbon footprint.

Branson launched an alternative fuels division at Virgin in 2006, pledging the profits from his airline and trains for 10 years. In the middle of 2007, Virgin trains began a six-month trial of a passenger train using biofuel, an experiment the company said could lead it to switch its entire fleet over to a mix of diesel and biofuel.

- Now we're not only starving the people to feed the cars, we are also starving the people to feed the planes, ships and trains as well.

See also :

1. Virgin plans to fly 747 on biofuel in 2008
2. Virgin Fuel : Branson's next big bet
3. Starving the people to feed the cars

(2008-01-16 00:43:39 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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