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27-Oct-08

Biofuel flying will take off in three years

Boeing claims that biofuels will be available for aircraft within 3 years, yet "Fuelling the world's 13,000 commercial planes with soya bean-based fuel, for example, would require setting aside the equivalent of the entire land...


24-Oct-08

Climate change targets deal could include aviation and shipping emissions

"Ed Miliband, the climate change secretary, is close to reaching an agreement on toughening his legally binding climate change targets by promising to take into account emissions from shipping and aviation. He is also expected to...


23-Oct-08

UK announces world's largest algal biofuel project

"The world's biggest publicly funded project to make transport fuels from algae will be launched today by a government agency which develops low-carbon technologies. The Carbon Trust will today announce a project to make algal...


23-Oct-08

Supersonic car targets 1,000mph

"The British team that claimed the land speed record in 1997, taking a car through the sound barrier for the first time, is planning to go even faster."

Category: Transport

21-Oct-08

Rolls-Royce brings propeller engines back in vogue

"Aviation company claims the design could cut an airline's fuel bills and greenhouse gas emissions by 30%"


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