Airlines get ready for jet biofuel take-off in Norway
November 21, 2019 / 10:20 AM
Lefteris Karagiannopoulos
OSLO (Reuters) - Airlines are confident of having sufficient supplies of biofuel-infused jet fuel to comply with a Norway requirement which takes effect next year, although they warn of additional costs. ...
Norway’s new rule demands that airplanes refueled in the country use a product made from waste fats and vegetable oil, although it excludes palm oil.
“There are not that many suppliers that supply that type of fuel. We have access and can buy these quantities at this stage. As we go into the future though we need more,†Rickard Gustafson, chief executive of SAS, told Reuters. ...
Full story at ReutersClimate change skeptic Steve Milloy pointed out (
on Twitter), "Jet biofuel cost 4 times more than conventional jet fuel and is less efficient (i.e., emits more CO2). Milloy's Law: Green = Fraud."
