Originally Posted by
FlyingBear
As a Californian, I honestly hope not. The way we're manufacturing biofuels right now, I'm not sure that it's all that helpful to the environment or humanity (via food costs) to encourage its production. I hope that VA and VX focuses more on improvement of ground handling efficiency instead.
Although the exact type of biofuel to be used has not been disclosed, the airline said it is a form that does not compete with food and freshwater resources.
Looks like they thought of the food concerns :-) There have been some breakthroughs for
cellulose-based (wood chips etc) ethanol production lately.
This one is way out there, but there has also been some theorizing about using Hydrogen (can be produced by algae) for
super-sonic flight in the next 20 years or so.