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Article: BOEING SEES A FUTURE WITH BIOFUEL JETLINER INDUSTRY AIMS FOR A SMALLER CARBON FOOTPRINT.(Business)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- August 29, 2007
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Byline: JAMES WALLACEP-I reporter
WITHIN FIVE TO 10 years, Boeing and Airbus jetliners could be flying the friendly green skies with a blend of fuel made from plants rather than petroleum.
"That's a realistic target, barring some obstacle that we don't know about today," said Billy Glover of The Boeing Co.
Glover is managing director of environmental strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, which, like rival Airbus and the entire aviation industry, is feeling the heat these days from the global-warming debate over the carbon footprint created by jetliners.
Sometime next year, a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 will be taken out of ...