Comments on: Lufthansa Declares Biofuel Trials Successful, Ceases Using Biofuel http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: San Diego Loves Green – The World: Biofuels http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-163387 Tue, 28 May 2013 00:07:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-163387 […] LUFTHANSA’S TRIAL RUN ENDS SUCCESSFULLY Lufthansa has successfully utiliszd a B50 mix on 1,000…1,471 tons of CO2  not being pumped into the atmosphere. Unfortunately Biofuels are both costly and difficult to maintain, so Lufthansa is discontinuing the experiment. (Cleantechnica 1/13/2012) […]

]]> By: ANA Crosses Pacific Ocean Powered By Cooking Oil http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-119053 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-119053 […] may have given up on using biofuel to power its planes, but Japan’s ANA (All Nippon Airways) has not – their first (partially) […]

]]> By: Synthetic Negative-Carbon Gasoline Replacement is from California http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-111615 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:32:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-111615 […] Michelsen Leave a Comment // This last year has seen a lot of attention for biofuels (both positive and negative). One company that managed to miss most of the attention was the startup Cool Planet Biofuels, but […]

]]> By: harrie verstappen http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-111396 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-111396 Who knows what that means “1471 tons of CO2 have been spared”? What percentage is that of what has been produced? In other words, is it meaningful? No reply.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-111341 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-111341 There is a substantial amount of wood waste which is not utilized and becomes a landfill component. Tree trimmings, sawdust, bark (and exterior slab trimmings). Forest product wastes are a huge source of raw materials which could be utilized for fuel production without infringing on ag land used for food production.

]]> By: Guest http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-111311 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-111311 There would be lots of land available for biofuels if we did this:

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]]> By: Irishderby100 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/13/lufthansa-declares-biofuel-trials-successful-ceases-using-biofuel/#comment-111275 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33862#comment-111275 I know – I know..useing the hemp plant to make biofuels would be a great thing, along with the other products that can be made from it, but I am sure there would be great resistance to a plant that can be grown on marginal lands, needs little care from the farmer to raise it, does not need to be the one of the two genders that make people high from smoking its leaves and has a higher fuel value then corn or soy beans as an alternative fuel source…

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