Can airlines pivot fully to biofuels?
Pressure is growing on airlines to turn to more renewable sources of fuel
As pressure grows on airlines to reduce their climate change impact, and βflight shameβ grows among people concerned about their own impact, ever more research is being put into alternative, βcleanerβ sources of fuel. Katie Prescott travels to Oslo to see new projects to bring more so-called biofuels into the system. Air BPβs commercial development manager, Tom Parsons, explains the difficulties in implementing and costing biofuels, while Dr Andrew Welfle at the University of Manchester describes the potential sources and applications of biofuels.
(Picture: At a plant near Chiang Mai, Thailand, cooking oil and palm oil are processed to produce biodiesel. Picture credit: John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty Images)
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