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It is good to know that more aircraft manufacturers are spending time and money in research and development of biofueled jets. Our generation may not benefit from it yet but whatever little they may have achieved today will definitely be a great help to our future generation.

This year alone we saw a few aircraft companies and manufacturers who made some test flights powered by biofuel.

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Green Flight International was the first to take a flight powered entirely by biofuel. Virgin Atlantic’s London to Amsterdam flight a few months back had one engine of Boeing 747 depending solely on biofuel. Airbus also have its A380 aircraft flown with one engine powered by GTL or Gas to Liquid system.

Amidst the pat on the back that these companies got from the environmentalists there are some that says biofuel may not be the solution to the emissions since there are those who feel that biofuel production itself is so expensive and will not really clean our air.  There are also those who feel that these experiments might just be a start of a better way for us to fly.

Whatever the case may be, it is still very commendable that there are people who are funding these experiments. It may not be biofuel or hydrogen fuel cells or diesel who can give us the right fix but it is good to know that we are heading to the right direction, researching for an alternative fuel to power our aircrafts.