Comments on: Boeing: Jet biofuel in three years http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/07/boeing-jet-biofuel-in-three-years/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Eddisionklein http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/07/boeing-jet-biofuel-in-three-years/#comment-22493 Eddisionklein Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:06:35 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/07/boeing-jet-biofuel-in-three-years/#comment-22493 coal-to-liquids technology is an extremely promising domestic alternative to petroleum-based transportation fuel.A family of fuels called synthetic paraffinic kerosene, which includes those distilled from the oils of Helianthus (sunflowers) and jatropha, that are closest to becoming certified. [<em>JR: If you don't mind destroying the climate for centuries, sure?</em>] coal-to-liquids technology is an extremely promising domestic alternative to petroleum-based transportation fuel.A family of fuels called synthetic paraffinic kerosene, which includes those distilled from the oils of Helianthus (sunflowers) and jatropha, that are closest to becoming certified.

[JR: If you don't mind destroying the climate for centuries, sure?]

]]> By: David B. Benson http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/07/boeing-jet-biofuel-in-three-years/#comment-21753 David B. Benson Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:05:35 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/07/boeing-jet-biofuel-in-three-years/#comment-21753 Yes, the scale of plantings will need to be huge. This link discusses planting a mere 900,000 jatropha shrubs in Florida: http://www.icis.com/blogs/biofuels/archives/2008/11/jatropha-plantations-for-flori.html and this report http://www.icis.com/blogs/biofuels/archives/2008/11/african-jatropha-plantations.html discusses Jatropha in East Africa, which is a good location for Jatropha IMO. Yes, the scale of plantings will need to be huge. This link discusses planting a mere 900,000 jatropha shrubs in Florida:

http://www.icis.com/ blogs/ biofuels/ archives/ 2008/ 11/ jatropha-plantations-for-flori.html

and this report

http://www.icis.com/ blogs/ biofuels/ archives/ 2008/ 11/ african-jatropha-plantations.html

discusses Jatropha in East Africa, which is a good location for Jatropha IMO.

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