Today in Biofuels Opinion: ” the pilots in the cockpit are still fighting over the flight plan.”

Jeff Gazzard of the Aviation Environment Federation: “For us, the jury is still well and truly out as to whether either synthetic or biofuels are yet capable of being either entirely fail-safe for aviation use or environmentally sustainable in the longer term.”

Thomas L. Friedman, quoted in SF Gate (at a conference, after showing a Daimler advertisement that read: “German Engineering, Swiss Innovation, American Nothing”):  “Someone actually thought that the best way to sell their product was to advertise that it had ‘American Nothing’ inside. That billboard actually pisses me off on many levels … because I think it’s wrong. But it does reflect a view out there, a view that I feel strongly about. We need to get our groove back as a country…If I were to draw a picture of America today, it would be a picture really of the space shuttle taking off. You know, all of this incredible thrust coming from below. But in our case the booster rocket – Washington, D.C. – has been cracked and leaking energy. And the pilots in the cockpit are still fighting over the flight plan.”

Free Subscription to the Daily Biofuels Digest e-newsletter

Related Stories

First biofuel-powered trans-US flight underway: California-to-Kitty Hawk on biodiesel

The first transcontinental biofuels-powered flight across the US is underway. The THH team's flight, originating in Chino, CA is planned to conclude today at Kitty Hawk, NC, near the spot where the Wr...

Green Flight completes first US transcontinenal flight powered by biodiesel

In Florida, the first-ever transcontinental flight using biodiesel fuel was completed Green Flight International. The 2486 air mile California to Florida flight was completed using B100 for 1776 miles...

Air New Zealand biofuels test flight rescheduled for December 30th; 747 will run one engine on B50 jatropha biodiesel

In New Zealand, Air New Zealand announced that it has rescheduled its biofuel test flight to December 30th. The flight was originally slated for this week, but was postponed due to an unrelated test f...

It looks like algae for Air New Zealand test biofuel flight; Aquaflow Bionomic rumored to be fuel supplier

In New Zealand, Aquaflow Bionomic, a maker of algae-based biodiesel, is rumored to be the fuel supplier for the upcoming Air New Zealand biodiesel test flight. nbr.co.nz reported that the company h...

Air New Zealand to scrap 747 used in biofuels test flight

In New Zealand, it was disclosed in jaunted.com that Air New Zealand is preparing to send the 747-400 used last year in biofuel flight tests to the scrapyard. The use of drop-in fuels in the flight te...

Japan Airlines biofuels flight test a success; camelina, algae, jatropha used in B50 biofuel mix; fuel economy higher than Jet-A

In Japan, Japan Airlines became the fourth airline to successfully flight test biofuels in the past year, and the first to successfully demonstrate camelina as a biofuel feedstock. The airline cond...