Richard Branson’s new push, biofuels; coconut oil fueled airliner
Richard Branson, the business man that makes headlines seemingly every week. This time, it is for a green cause, he made history by becoming the first commercial airliner owner to fuel a flight with a partial load of biofuels.
The debatable point is this, it took the oil of 150,000 coconuts and some babassu palm oil to power only 20% of one of four fat tanks on one of his 747 Virgin Atlantic airliners. The headlined trip launched at Heathrow airport and touched down at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, making the mark on what some would claim could be a revolution in environmentally responsible aviation.
As a person who cares about the earth I think this is a new break through and I would like to congratulate Mr Branson on his achievement. I think it would be fabulous if all airliners switched to Biofuels it would be great for our planet and humanity!