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thepeel
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 Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: Virgin Atlantic to fly a 747 plane on biofuel |
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LONDON - Virgin Atlantic said Monday it would fly one of its Boeing 747 planes on biofuel during a demonstration flight from London to Amsterdam next month.
Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson said the test flight, which he called the first of its kind, would yield crucial information on how to reduce aviation's carbon footprint.
Branson launched an alternative fuels division at Virgin in 2006, pledging the profits from his airline and trains for 10 years. |
My favorite blogger put this in perspective:
Now we're not only starving the people to feed the cars, we are also starving the people to feed the planes, ships and trains as well.
http://www.post1.net/lowem/entry/virgin_atlantic_to_fly_a |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| If cattle were grass fed instead of grain feed it would save most of the grain that goes to bio fuel. |
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pesawattahi
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Location: it rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah but if we just fed them grass they wouldn't grow as fast and large. I am sure you have been to some other Asian countries where the cattle are worked as well and all look like they have on hoof in the grave. Biofuel is a stupid idea. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| Argentina has perhaps the best beef anywhere and it is grassfed. |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| the uni back home has a biofuel center. i checked it out. according to them, the corn can be used twice: the liquid is squeezed out for fuel and the remaining meal can be used as animal feed. |
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pesawattahi
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Location: it rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again
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Like I said, scroll down to quality. Its all a trade off
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_beef
After you sqeeze out all the sugars what is left of nutritional value to the animal? The roughage? |
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Justin Hale
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Location: the Straight Talk Express
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Co2 emissions from air travel are 2%
It's set to be surpassed by the IT industry in the not that distant future and is about the same as the carbon footprint created by the makers of handmade clay bricks.
The demonization of air travel and also the admiration of biofuels are utter, utter rubbish. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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pesawattahi
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Location: it rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| Anyone wanna buy a slightly used perpetual motion machine? First ten buyers will get some free carbon credits as well. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| Argentina has perhaps the best beef anywhere and it is grassfed. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| Biofuel is a joke. Now that we're past Iowa I hope never to hear about it again, although I'm sure we will. More Red States, looking for more taxes than they put in. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| Is this forum being divided into two camps? And, unfortunately, I'm not referring to the biofuel issue. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| You mean the "New World Order" types and the rest? Yes. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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What the hell does that have to do with my OP? This is really getting annoying. |
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