Comments on: QANTAS Looking to Sustainable Aviation Fuel With First Flight http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/16/qantas-looking-to-sustainable-aviation-fuel-with-first-flight/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: lukealization http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/16/qantas-looking-to-sustainable-aviation-fuel-with-first-flight/#comment-118491 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:18:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37072#comment-118491 I always take these biofuel flights with a grain of salt as just aviation greenwashing – until mass production occurs, the sad truth is aviation-grade biofuel just won’t happen. There is however some economic sense in it for the airlines, as oil prices tend to cost for 30%-40% of their spending – so a cheaper alternative would be financially welcome.

One thing I think this article failed to mention was that the 50/50 mix of biofuel/regular av-grade jet fuel was only in a single engine. Otherwise, good post!

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