The short answer is no. The long answer is, BioDiesel does not have to BTU's of jet fuel ( jet fuel is a highly refined cozen to jet fuel with allot of BTU's per gal ), nor does it have the ability to take the low temperatures that jet fuel would encounter at altitude.
These things are workable, but, then you have to carry more fuel, and less cargo, and heated fuel tanks and fuel lines. This adds weight and costs to every aircraft, that is unacceptable. Jet travel is also one of the least efficient forms of transportation there is. Using biodiesel would only make it more inefficient. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "des" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Biofuel List" <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:46 Subject: [Biofuel] B100 and jet fuel > A neighbor who recently retired from the airline industry has been > asking me lately if there's a biofuel that can be substituted for jet > fuel, and although I didn't know at the time, I've done some research > since, and see that jet fuel is a variant of diesel. > > Any one out there know what kind of variant jet fuel is of diesel, (I > seem to understand that it resembles kerosene) and can jet fuel be grown? > > doug swanson (in Ellijay, GA, not far from Atlanta GA, where gas prices > spiked up to $6.00/gal. for a few hours yesterday) > > -- > All generalizations are false. Including this one. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. > No Microsoft databits have been incorporated herein. > All existing databits have been constructed from recycled databits. > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
