USE OF BIOFUELS GROWING IN GLOBAL AVIATION
April 1st, 2009
BY KARRYN MILLER
"THE STONE Age did not end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil," said Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani in 2003, former oil minister of Saudi Arabia. Six years on Mr Yamani's words appear to ring true more than ever before - with alternative fuels becoming a viable petroleum substitute.
Indeed, 2008 and 2009 saw a number of successful biofuel test flights around the world and despite the economic downturn restricting budgets, companies within aviation remain committed to seeking greener fuel ...
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