I found a cool site called Sustainability Ninja where they had another article about an airline trying to be more environmentally friendly. KLM is testing biofuels on a Boeing 747. The flight will take place on November 23rd. The fuel will be 50% biofuel made from camelina and 50% jet fuel. Camelina is a feedstock that produces 84% less emissions than regular jet fuel. The crop has been chosen because it is low-impact which requires less water and fertilizer and can be grown in areas without taking over food crop space.
I thought that KLM doing this was a really cool idea because I know the mostly fly for long, international flights. I flew KLM for one of my flights to Scotland. They have a relatively small international price tag and I will be looking into them again when I plan my graduation trip to Ireland and Scotland that I will be taking in July 2010. I will check back to see how the test flight actually goes and update this post when I find out.
http://www.sustainabilityninja.com/sustainable-transportation/klm-testing-biofuels-on-747-fleet-93687/
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