Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight using the world's first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests.
The fuel used a 20 percent blend of sustainable aviation biofuel.
While 20% doesn't seem like much (it's still 80% aviation fuel), if the airline were able to replace 20 percent of its entire fuel supply at Sea-Tac Airport (from which it took off), it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 142,000 metric tons of CO2. This is equivalent to taking approximately 30,000 passenger vehicles off the road for one year.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:56AM
KLM has begun flights from the same airport, using the same fuel "made from used cooking oil by AltAir Fuels." Apparently a lot of frying goes on in Los Angeles.
http://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/1632690/klm-to-operate-biofuel-flights-out-of-los-angeles [biodieselmagazine.com]