Joel Horn's Blog » continental airlines http://joelhorn.com The View from North 59th Street Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:21:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Continental Airlines to Start New Year With Flight Powered by Sustainable Biofuels http://joelhorn.com/2008/12/16/continental-airlines-to-start-new-year-with-flight-powered-by-sustainable-biofuels/ http://joelhorn.com/2008/12/16/continental-airlines-to-start-new-year-with-flight-powered-by-sustainable-biofuels/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:03:45 +0000 Joel Horn http://joelhorn.com/?p=688 “Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009.

The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants — sustainable, second-generation fuel sources that don’t impact food crops or water resources, and don’t contribute to deforestation.”

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