Keeping an Eye on the Aerospace Biofuels Market

After 9 11,when all flights were canceled, the atmospheric pollution dropped dramatically.One passenger jet produces more pollution than thousands of cars,or dozens of trains.

The pollution is discharged at high altitudes,and is less diluted than ground level pollution, therefor increasing it's effect.

I think we should focus more on jet pollution than anywhere else.We see vapor trails everyday, and most people do not understand that it is not only condensation in that trail, but pollutants from the engines.

Some military planes deliberately fly over military bases at certain times to generate enough cloud cover to prevent detailed satellite imagery by others.

Hi there.

We might see an increased interest in bio-fuel in the aviation industry soon, but beware that will only mean that the rich nations will still be able to fly across the globe on vacation, while the rest dies of starvation and thirst due to an increase in price of grain and water to produce it.

Is that progress?

Research into bio fuels that use cellulose instead of starch to produce fuel are beginning to show promise.Some bio engineered organisms can produce near-perfect diesel fuel directly from any cellulose feed stock;sawdust,grass,leaves,etc.

Perhaps there in lies the salvation of mankind: cheap energy.

I have always been opposed to using corn for producing fuel, it is a shameful waste of foodstuff.The government used to haul barges of grain out into the ocean and burn it because there was no place to store it.They were buying grain with their price-support programs, and had to make room for the current year's crop.

Why not send this to poor countries where people are starving? Because most poor countries cannot get the food to the ones that really need it.The military would confiscate it to maintain control ,or the rebels would intercept or hijack the food before it reached the truly needy.

It is a shame that is the way the world works.