http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/25virgin.html?_r=2&scp=3&sq=%22global+warming%22&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways, along with Boeing and GE, just tested a jumbo jet that had one engine using 25% biofuel made from coconut oil and babassu nuts.

"This pioneering flight will enable those of us who are serious about reducing our carbon emissions to go on developing the fuels of the future, fuels which will power our aircraft in the years ahead through sustainable next-generation oils, such as algae,” he said.

“Two years ago, people said that was impossible. They said it would freeze at 30,000 feet,” Mr. Branson said in an interview.

This is the first commercial airliner, albeit passenger-less, to fly using biofuels.

New York Times, February 25, 2008

Submitted by B. Shapiro