Air New Zealand - Jatropha Biofuel Test Flight

[matmicmj]

FREE BOOK SEE CHANNEL , PEACE

[randomhunterkiller]

shame air New Zealand scraped the plane. New Zealand is not clean and green. we have some of the most pouted rivers in the world. some worse than the Ganges. go Air New Zealand.

[XBLPanzerr]

This is good because you dont have to cut down trees in order to plant it. The CO2 it uses to grow the beans is probably more than what is released after burning.

GO JATROPHA!!

[Naliwina]

been growing jatropha for six month now zambia how do i become a Farm contracter to your company .help please

[leaskimo5432]

did i miss this on mainstream nz tv or have none of the news programs bothered to report something so influential. too wrapped up in their rugby no doubt

[jhonex007]

i think it may have a problem on the jatropha crude oil, coz it will freeze on low temperature. how did they manage that?

[canonboy123]

do you know, how many trees are goin to be cut for this kinda fuel?..i dont think they will get it form the "boeing's garden".

[jhonex007]

nope, trees won't be cut. only the fruits produces the bio fuel. . it would help poor countries, especially tropical countries, jatropha plant can last until 40 - 50 years. it's one way of reforestation, . . for your info.

[windowspczone]

perhaps if you listened to the video, you might of realised they're getting this from plants :)

[gilgamesh1962]

Jatropha is a weed like shrub, fast growing, and can grow in arid, marginal soils that would otherwise not be used. Jatropha is good for the soil, also there are byproducts produced, Glycerin ( for soup making ) and castings/paste that is a good organic fertilizer. I cant blame Boing for being interested in Alt fuels, they didnt do too well the last spike in fuel prices, if people dont fly much, they dont sell planes.

[lukituchi]

Why nobody thought about this before, everybody waited till the last moment ?

[nikkomaso]

Jah Bless!!!!

[cnawan]

Go Kiwi :) And well done with the Youtube channel, maybe you could put a link in the description to an AirNZ site with more information, then ordinary people like me could help spread the word with an authoritative source behind us. I wouldn't have known about this test flight if it wasn't for a friend on Twitter.

I'm also glad to see that Jatropha can be grown on marginal land, well done.

[Mc8370]

Fantastic: seems like a dream for the world!