Sort of, its not like the veggies used are useless after the oil has been
extracted. There is still a value as feed there.
Of course soy is usually pushed as the oil of choice but it isn't a
particularly good one, just one that the food industrial complex is prepared
for...
-Curt
On Sunday, January 3, 2021, 4:37:43 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
If it's waste veggie oil it might help.
Growing crops explicitly for use as fuel tends to be energy-negative
though, AFAIK.
Allan
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
> True, but when you consider what 2.33% of several thousand pounds of fuel it
> and multiply that by the number of aircraft flying and it’s a considerable
> amount.
>
> Every little bit helps…
>
> -D
>
>> On Jan 1, 2021, at 1:53 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Not so interesting when they only used roughly 2.33% veggie oil, the rest
>> was Jet A. The temp at jet cruising altitudes is in the range of -56° F - I
>> doubt that bio-Diesel flows well at that temp.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 11:55 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> https://interestingengineering.com/airliner-completes-transoceanic-flight-using-green-fuel-sourced-from-vegetable-oil
>>> <
>>> https://interestingengineering.com/airliner-completes-transoceanic-flight-using-green-fuel-sourced-from-vegetable-oil
>>>>
>>>
>>> -D
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