Aviation Bio-Fuel Being Evaluated in New Zeland
Reportedly the worlds-first project under consideration by an airline.
Air New Zealand and airliner manufacturer Boeing are secretly working with Blenheim-based biofuel developer Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation to create the world’s first environmentally friendly aviation fuel, made of wild algae.
If the project pans out the small and relatively new New Zealand company could lead the world in environmentally sustainable aviation fuel.
It’s understood Air NZ is undertaking risk analysis. If everything stacks up it will make an aircraft available on the Tasman to test the biofuel…
Basically, it’s pond scum.
…The fuel is essentially derived from bacterial pond scum created through the photosynthesis of sunlight and carbon dioxide on nutrient-rich water sources such as sewage ponds.
Air NZ would most likely test the fuel on one engine while normal aviation fuel would drive the other engine. Fuel is held in cells on the aircraft that can be directed to a specific engine…
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Meat Eater = Global Polluter!
Want to help stop global warming? New Scientist has a new article with a simple proposition - stop eating meat.
Really.
…That means that 2.2lb of beef is responsible for greenhouse gas emissions which have the same effect as the carbon dioxide released by an ordinary car travelling at 50 miles per hour for 155 miles, a journey lasting three hours. The amount of energy consumed would light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days…
The vegitarians think it’s a swell idea.
…Su Taylor, the press officer for the Vegetarian Society, told New Scientist: “Everybody is trying to come up with different ways to reduce carbon footprints, but one of the easiest things you can do is to stop eating meat.”
I cana’t believe I read the WHOLE thing…
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$3.50 the tipping point?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 40 percent of Americans would curb their driving habits if retail gasoline prices shot up to $3.50 a gallon, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Surging energy costs have already forced many Americans to consider cutting back on travel, retail, and entertainment spending to ease sticker shock at the pump, according to the poll of 524 people across the country.
Gasoline prices in the United States, the world’s largest energy consumer, hit a record average in late May of $3.23 a gallon but have since slipped back to just above $3 a gallon, according to auto and travel association AAA.
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Tesla Motors Whitepapers
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Read about the design and safety systems for the Tesla Roadster’s lithium-ion battery pack.
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Battery-Powered Motorcycle
ASHLAND - The limited edition Brammo Enertia is the world’s first zero-emissions, battery-powered, plug-in, electric motorcycle. Designed by Brammo Motorsports, the American speciality vehicle manufacturing company, it will cost $12,000 (£6,000). Daniel Wood, the brand director of Brammo Motorsports, in Oregon, said: “The motorcycle is aimed at the urban commuter who is looking for a solution for getting to work, school or somewhere else where the car is not necessary and a bicycle won’t hold its own in traffic.”
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