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EADS Showcases Algae Powered Flights
EADS, the parent company of Airbus, and Diamond Aircraft are making demonstration flights this week of first ever aircraft powered entirely by an algae derived biofuel. The small, twin engine Diamond DA42NG is making the flights at the Berlin Air show all week to showcase the new fuel. EADS says the new fuel is not only renewable, but it reduces fuel burn as well as pollutants.
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Those trendy biofuel powered demo flights are all the rage in the media these days. Here's another by Douglas Rodante and Carol (née Colin) Sugars:
Biofuel-powered jet completes transcontinental flight The green folks at the EU have decided that some biofuels eat carbon credits and threaten biodiversity more than others and have started to more closely regulate (and tax) this latest emerging planet saving technology: BBC News - EU biofuels 'need to be certified for sustainability' |
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