Bleed air from the engines would addict air travellers en masse. Tobacco companies would compete to sell their fuel to airlines. Billboards would appear: "Fly Delta the Pall Mall Airline" "Fly United: Inhale Lucky Strike"
Colorados weed companies would have their own brand of aviation fuel. Pot Flights would become all the rage. The possibilities are endless. > And the 2nd hand smoke could kill us all. > > RB > > On 07/07/2016 2:50 PM, Joel Cairo via Mercedes wrote: > > You would need filters on the engines to cut down on tar that could > > clog them up > > > > --JC > > > > > > On 7/7/16 3:48 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> Farmers turn tobacco into jet fuelPublished: Thursday, July 7, 2016 > >> > >> As demand for tobacco goes down, farmers have had to adapt to stay in > >> business. And some are finding a new use for the crop as aviation > >> biofuel. > >> > >> Robert Mills of Briar View Farms in Callands, Va., hopes the shift will > >> help him turn a profit. > >> > >> "With the uncertainty of tobacco, growers are always looking for new > >> opportunities," he said. > >> > >> For over six years, Tyton BioEnergy Systems has partnered with tobacco > >> growers and agronomists from Virginia Tech and North Carolina State > >> University to research and better understand the potential for > >> converting > >> tobacco into fuel. > >> > >> Mills contracts with this agency for the 2 acres of tobacco he grows for > >> biofuel. > >> > >> "There is a lot of land not being used in tobacco regions that isn't > >> good > >> for growing row crops," said Tyton co-founder Peter Majeranowski. > >> "Instead > >> of growing low-value crops like hay, farmers can earn more revenue > >> per acre > >> growing 'energy tobacco'" (Jodi Helmer, London *Guardian* > >> <https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jul/06/us-farmers-turning-tobacco-into-airplane-fuel-biofuels-renewables>, > >> > >> > >> July 6). *-- CS* > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
