Comments on: Branson's Biofuel Flight Still Offers Mixed Bag

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:55:38 +0000

And now Branson is trying to make a first non-goverment spaceflight.
http://flyecxpress.com/cabin_depressurization.html

By: jjray

jjray — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:37:00 +0000

The man cavorts with presidents, princes, and super model. And we’re not talking shaking hands.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/21/richard-branson-and-a-nak_n_189643.html

And in his spare time, he tries to save the planet. I’d like to be him for just a couple of days!

By: Continental à son tour teste avec succès un biokérosène | GreenUnivers

Continental à son tour teste avec succès un biokérosène | GreenUnivers — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:26:04 +0000

[...] compagnies aériennes s’intéressent de près aux biocarburants: déjà en février 2008 Virgin Atlantic a réalisé un vol test avec un peu de biocarburant, qui n’a pas été très concluant, mais [...]

By: Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel | Eco Friendly Mag

Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel | Eco Friendly Mag — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:11:00 +0000

[...] fuel for comparison. Although biofuel-powered test flights took off last year — beginning with Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic run and culminating with Air New Zealand’s trial last week — Continental’s flight [...]

By: Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel

Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:02:59 +0000

By: Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel « Earth2Tech

Continental Gives Flight to Algae-Jatropha Jet Fuel « Earth2Tech — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:01:08 +0000

[...] for comparison. Although biofuel-powered test flights took off last year — beginning with Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic run and culminating with Air New Zealand’s trial last week — Continental’s flight [...]

By: Air New Zealand Takes Off With Jatropha Biofuel

Air New Zealand Takes Off With Jatropha Biofuel — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:01:20 +0000

[...] Airlines also announced biofuel test plans, but some environmental activists criticized the flight, pointing out that only a small amount of biofuel was actually being used. Virgin Atlantic’s test flight in [...]

By: Air New Zealand Takes Off With Jatropha Biofuel « Earth2Tech

Air New Zealand Takes Off With Jatropha Biofuel « Earth2Tech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:17:23 +0000

By: Military Wants Coal to Jet Fuel, Uh-Oh « Earth2Tech

Military Wants Coal to Jet Fuel, Uh-Oh « Earth2Tech — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:00:48 +0000

[...] Comments Posted March 24th, 2008 at 12:00 pm in Energy A few weeks ago, many greens jeered when Richard Branson put a little J05 biojetfuel in the tank of one of his airliners. It was not enough, others said, and at worst, it was a [...]

By: Web

Web — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:25:23 +0000

Green energy is definitely the best solution in most cases. Technology like solar energy, wind power, fuel cells, zaps electric vehicles, EV hybrids, etc have come so far recently. Green energy even costs way less than oil and gas in many cases.