Hello Keith and all. The green way is more than ecomically feasible, in the case of an airplane with its new certified Ethanol Fueled Engine in this crop-dusting airplane The Ipanema, the numbers are in very much favor to Ethanol for operational cost eventhough a litle more expensive to buy with the new ethanol fueled engine. See the addresses:
http://www.embraer.com/ http://www.embraer.com/english/content/imprensa/press_release.asp?press_ release_id=880&ano=2004 http://www.embraer.com.br/institucional/download.asp?onde=download&arqui vo=2_083-Prd-VPI-Ethanol_Ipanema_Certification-I-04.pdf [Extract] ETHANOL-FUELED IPANEMA CERTIFIED BY THE CTA The Ipanema is the first series production aircraft in the world coming out of the factory certified for flying with ethanol Sao Jose dos Campos, October 19, 2004 - Industria Aeronautica Neiva, a wholly owned Embraer subsidiary, has received type certification for its ethanol-fueled Ipanema cropdusting aircraft from Brazilian aviation regulating agency Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial (CTA). The Ipanema is the first series production aircraft in the world coming out of the factory certified for flying with ethanol. "An efficient and cheaper source of power, the ethanol alternative will find favor with farmers for lowering their crop-dusting aircraft's operating costs" said Satoshi Yokota, Embraer Executive Vice-President for Development and Industry. "Ethanol is also a more environmentally friendly fuel and Neiva research indicates that it may prolong the engine's life, making it a prospective national market success. "In the medium and long terms, we may benefit from the introduction of the Ipanema in countries that adopt ethanol as a source of energy." The choice for using ethanol was based on the fact Brazil is a major producer of this type of alcohol, extracted from sugar cane, and automobiles have been using this fuel for more than 20 years. This makes ethanol about three to four times cheaper than aviation gasoline (AvGas). Additionally, ethanol-powered aircraft engines are cleaner and have lower levels of emission than AvGas because they have no lead in their composition, providing for a more environmentally friendly fuel. Neiva has registered the name "AvAlc" (Aviation Alcohol) in Brazil for use of this new fuel. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
