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Jet test should spark quest for new biofuels

Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 posted by posted by Mak @ 6:56 AM

AN Air New Zealand jet thundered through the sky on a two-hour flight this week — on a 50-50 blend of ordinary fuel and one made of seeds from the African desert. The successful flight was promising for the airline industry, and truly exciting for the environment and the hope for national fuel autonomy.Tuesday's test was the first commercial air flight to use fuel from the jatropha weed . Each jatropha seed produces between 30 and 40 percent of its mass in oil.

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