Continental Airlines svondo rinouya inogona kuve yekutanga ndege yeUS kuratidza vatakuri jeti vanogona kubhururuka pamusanganiswa wakasarudzika wealgae, sora rejatropha uye jet mafuta.
Pakutanga svondo rino, Air New Zealand yakabudirira kuita kuyedza kwakafanana uye gare gare mwedzi uno Japan Airlines inoronga kuitisa yayo bvunzo dzebiofuels.
Tarisiro ndeyekuti kushandiswa kwakawanda kwemabiofuel kuchaderedza kuvimba kweindasitiri yendege pamafuta ejeti echinyakare uye kuderedza kuburitswa kwekabhoni.
Jatropha chirimwa chisingadyike chinobudisa mhodzi dzine mafuta anosvika 37 muzana dzinogona kupiswa sehuni dzisina kunatswa, maererano neWeb site yeJatropha World.
Ndege yeContinental ichaitika kubva kuHouston neChitatu uye haina kutakura vanhu. Vatyairi vekuyedza Boeing 737-800 vachishandisa injini dzeCFM International vanomhanyisa concoction kuburikidza neNo. 2, kana injini yekurudyi.
Vatyairi vendege vachamhanyisa, kudzika, kuvharika kweinjini yekubhururuka uye kutangazve uye mamwe mafambisirwo, akajairwa uye neimwe nzira, sekureva kwemutakuri weHouston.
Kuedza uku chikamu chekuzvipira kwemutakuri kudzikisa kuburitswa kwekabhoni uye kuona mhinduro dzakagadzikana, dzenguva refu dzemafuta eindastiri, Larry Kellner, sachigaro weContinental uye CEO, akadaro mukutaura kwakagadzirirwa.
Continental yakati iko zvino yapisa anenge magaroni gumi nemasere emafuta kubhururutsa mutakurwi mumwe chete mamaira 18, izvo zvakaderera ne1,000 muzana maererano nekubuda kwegasi regreenhouse kupfuura muna 35.
Chipangamazano wezvendege Bob Mann weRW Mann & Co. akati marudzi akati wandei emafuta edzimotokari ari kutariswa nevatakuri veindasitiri.
"Asi ini ndinotya chero kutengeserana kwechero nzira idzi kungangove makore gumi kubva," akadaro.
Kuedza kweContinental kuri kuitwa pamwe chete neBoeing, GE Aviation, CFM International, yekuvandudza tekinoroji yeUOP, kambani yeHoneywell, uye vanopa mafuta Sapphire Energy neTerrasol, iyo yakapa algae nejatropha, zvichiteerana.
CFM mubatanidzwa weGeneral Electric uye Snecma.
Ndege yeJapan Airlines, yakarongwa muna Ndira 30, inosanganisira Sustainable Oils, mubatanidzwa weTargeted Growth nekambani yeHouston, Green Earth Fuels.
