There’s growing interest in biofuels in aviation, with both Air Canada and Boeing utilizing a biofuel made from used cooking oil—combined with conventional jet fuel—to power some of the first less-polluting flights. But researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have come up with a alternative made from a common black fungus found in rotting leaves and fruit—and they hope that it will lead them to an economically viable aviation biofuel within the next five years. Read the rest of Fungus fuel? Scientists are turning fungi into clean-burning jet fuel Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “clean energy” , aviation biofuel , biofuel source , biofuels , clean fuel , ethanol alternative , fungi biofuel , fungi hydrocarbons , fungus biofuel , jetfuel , plane biofuel , washington state university
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Fungus fuel? Scientists are turning fungi into clean-burning jet fuel