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Currently aircraft mostly run on kerosene, and while a variety of other biofuels are being discussed for aircraft, the idea would be to use plant sources to manufacture synthetic kerosene — or, to use the technical term, synthetic paraffinic kerosene.
According to Darrin Morgan, who is in charge of environmental strategy for Boeing commercial planes, synthetic jet fuel already exists. South Africa, for example, uses a process developed during World War II, when the country was subject to an oil embargo. But that fuel is made from coal, not from halophytes (plants growing in salty areas) or jatropha (succulent land-based plants already used to make biodiesel).
Mr. Morgan predicts that in the next three to five years, first users will have access to “significant gallons” from the land-based plants. Other feedstocks like algae and waste cellulose will require technical breakthroughs, he said.
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