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Author: DougDoug Date: Feb 24, 2008 22:52
Told you so.
"The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main
fuel tanks.
Sir Richard said the "historic" flight was the first step towards
using biofuels on commercial flights. But campaigners said that carbon
savings from bio-fuels, often made from organic materials such as
wheat, sugarcane and palm oil, were "negligible"..."
More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-biofuel-flight-dismissed-as...
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Author: oldMaximoldMaxim Date: Feb 24, 2008 23:02
On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:> Told you so.
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> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
> off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
> change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
> Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
>
> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
> cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main
> fuel tanks.
>
> Sir Richard said the "historic" flight was the first step towards
> using biofuels on commercial flights. But campaigners said that carbon
> savings from bio-fuels, often made from organic materials such as
> wheat, sugarcane and palm oil, were "negligible"..."
>
> More:
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-biofuel-flight-d... ...
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Author: DougDoug Date: Feb 25, 2008 00:31
On 25 Feb, 07:02, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:> On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> Told you so.
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>> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
>> off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
>> change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
>> Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
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>> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
>> cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main
>> fuel tanks.
>
>> Sir Richard said the "historic" flight was the first step towards
>> using biofuels on commercial flights. But campaigners said that carbon
>> savings from bio-fuels, often made from organic materials such as
>> wheat, sugarcane and palm oil, were "negligible"..." ...
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Author: oldMaximoldMaxim Date: Feb 25, 2008 01:11
On Feb 25, 8:31 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:> On 25 Feb, 07:02, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:>
>>> Told you so.
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>>> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
>>> off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
>>> change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
>>> Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
>
>>> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
>>> cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main
>>> fuel tanks.
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Author: oldMaximoldMaxim Date: Feb 25, 2008 01:33
On Feb 25, 8:31 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:> On 25 Feb, 07:02, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:>
>>> Told you so.
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>>> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
>>> off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
>>> change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
>>> Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
>
>>> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
>>> cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main
>>> fuel tanks.
> ...
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Author: DougDoug Date: Feb 26, 2008 00:56
On 25 Feb, 09:11, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:> On Feb 25, 8:31 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> On 25 Feb, 07:02, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:>
>>> On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:>
>>>> Told you so.
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>>>> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
>>>> off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
>>>> change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
>>>> Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
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>>>> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
>>>> cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main
>>>> fuel tanks.
> ...
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Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Feb 26, 2008 01:45
Doug (Doug riseup.net>) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:
>> You luddite, the clock can't be turned back. Breakthrough's in
>> technology only happen when people try something new.
> Agreed, Mr Complacent. The car replaced the horse so I wonder what will
> be next?
And the horse replaced the bullock/oxen.
You want to go back to before that, even.
I think that was the "living in caves and grunting" stage of mankind's
development.
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Author: FodFod Date: Feb 26, 2008 01:58
On Feb 26, 8:56 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:> On 25 Feb, 09:11, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Feb 25, 8:31 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:>
>>> On 25 Feb, 07:02, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:>
>>>> On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:>
>>>>> Told you so.
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>>>>> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel took
>>>>> off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from climate
>>>>> change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir Richard
>>>>> Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
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>>>>> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20 per
>>>>> cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main ...
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Author: BrimstoneBrimstone Date: Feb 26, 2008 02:16
Doug wrote:
> On 25 Feb, 09:11, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:>> On Feb 25, 8:31 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
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>>>>> On 25 Feb, 07:02, oldMaxim hotmail.com> wrote:>>
>>>> On Feb 25, 6:52 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:>>
>>>>> Told you so.
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>>>>> "The world's first commercial aircraft powered partly by biofuel
>>>>> took off from Heathrow yesterday to a storm of criticism from
>>>>> climate change experts, who insisted it was nothing more than Sir
>>>>> Richard Branson's latest "nonsensical" publicity stunt.
>>
>>>>> The Virgin Atlantic 747 flew from London to Amsterdam using a 20
>>>>> per cent biofuel mix of coconut and babassu oil in one of its
>>>>> four main fuel tanks. ...
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Author: Derek GeldardDerek Geldard Date: Feb 26, 2008 03:00
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:56:26 -0800 (PST), Doug riseup.net>
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>I like to believe that one day the car itself will be considered an
>anachronism and those who used it as sociopaths.
No, they are people who ride tandems on the pavement.
DG
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