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Another negative & woolly contradictive blurt from you Brat the Oracle of nothing constructive:-

Velocys has a proprietary process that can convert woody biomass or municipal solid waste into high specification liquid fuels including aviation grade kerosene. It can also do this while removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Velocys can deliver a commercially ready carbon capture and storage solution. The company is now developing the Altalto waste to aviaition fuel project at Immingham in the UK, the Bayou biomass to diesel project with carbon capture and storage (CCS) at Natchez in Mississippi and has recently agreed to supply a demonstration biomass to aviation fuel plant at Nagoya in Japan. It is also providing technology to the Lakeview biomas to jet fuel project in Oregon. In industry parlance, Velocys can bring to the market a negative CI drop-in fuel. Most biofuels cannot completely replace fossil fuels and need to be blended. Velocys can produce carbon neutral fuels that can technically be used 100% without any need for engine modification although this is currently resctricted to 50% for aviation fuels. And Velocys can produce fuels which go beyond being merely carbon neutral. The production process can actually reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Scrutton believes that Halomonas-derived jet fuel is five to seven years away from being produced at scale. “The next step is to demonstrate it at a pilot level,” he says. “That will develop confidence in the technology.”

Seawater-grown bacteria is not a complete answer—there are still CO2 emissions—but the biofuel it makes will be much cleaner than modern jet fuel and much more likely to make a difference than the very distant battery-powered airliners being promised. Talk about a sea change.

https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/mib-biofuel-made-from-seawater-2887668/

http://www.brinknews.com/why-aviation-needs-to-address-its-emissions-problem-now/

Hey Brat, can you help, I need a small piece of advice from our resident pundit and waste to recycling mogul guru. Here it is, I have a lot of cardboard to take to your recycling center, now the majority of this cardboard has packaging tape on it, here’s where I need your advice, do I put it in your cardboard skip or do I put it in with the general waste? Please advise.

Well EB, your showing your ignorance once again, Velocys did build and run a demonstration plant with The Envia joint venture, this plant demonstrated and proved the Velocys technology at scale until a fire in the plant unrelated to the Velocys technology brought the demonstration plant to a close. Because they used feed gas from landfill you concluded that this was not a valid trial of the technology which imho you are wrong. You say you base your opinion on your experience in waste recycling, I conclude your the man in the hi is jacket in my local refuse center who tells me where to put my bottle tops.

Getting bored of this Palmer bloke, very tiresome........there are plenty more discussion boards to gripe and moan upon......

The recent long spur research study valued VLS @, “we value the shares at 21p. More active compliance within the constraints of feedstock resources would give us a valuation of 36p and active expansion of these resources could take us to 50p."

But what price can you put on technologies that can combat climate change:-

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224539-un-report-reveals-how-hard-it-will-be-to-meet-climate-change-targets/

Precisely Chippy, now those pesky environmentalists would say that mindset needs to change if we are going to tackle this so called climate emergency........

Life in the old dog yet.

Post script:- How do you block out this palmer Tw$%

A British Airways whistleblower has revealed an industry-wide practice that deliberately adds weight to flights, increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

"Fuel tankering" sees planes filled with extra fuel, usually to avoid paying higher prices for refuelling at their destination airports.

It could mean extra annual emissions equivalent to that of a large town.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50365362
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Could Sustainable aviation fuel be the answer..........

I'd recommend reading the research document it is informative and balanced and not as woolly or biased as some might say although we do seem to be somewhat far away from:-

"Based on delayed compliance with current biofuel policy requirements, we value the shares at 21p. More active compliance within the constraints of feedstock resources would give us a valuation of 36p and active expansion of these resources could take us to 50p."

He says in his bearcast VLS are into some kind of green S*&t so he's well researched there but the fundamentals he talks about do speak for themselves where he now predicts another placing which may have resulted in this sell off on Friday which has, to be fair been going on for sometime. If a placing is imminent I think to myself why didn't they look at raising earlier when the share price was higher or did they expect some further benevolent handouts before now such as further f4c grants??????

https://buyingbusinesstravel.com/news/klm-expands-corporate-biofuel-programme/

seems you were right Mannnan although out by a few days. Wish I 'd had your crystal ball.

"With the IPCC warning against growing crops for fuel, Angeli Mehta reports on how LanzaTech, SkyNRG and Velocys are trying to get the next generation of aviation biofuels to scale"

"The UK picture is more optimistic for Velocys. It makes jet fuel from commercial and municipal solid waste and for the first time qualifies within the RTFO. It’s awaiting planning permission to build on Humberside, with the backing of British Airways and Shell."

http://ethicalcorp.com/long-haul-getting-aviation-biofuel-ground

Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50302392
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Batter had get those waste to fuel plants built ASAP and along with carbon capture may help with the impending climate change battle.

Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-aerospace-businessjets-environment/clean-getaway-meat-waste-joins-biofuels-at-luxury-jet-show-idUKKBN1X118E

October 31 2019 @ 13:34 by Steven Hugill

A third-generation waste recycling and sustainability company has been praised as a potential world-leader after refreshing its fleet with greener vehicles.

Warrens Group has invested in four trucks capable of running on biofuel.

https://netimesmagazine.co.uk/news/waste-recycler-warrens-group-hailed-for-trailblazing-green-vehicle-investment/

Biofuels producer Vertimass has been chosen by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) to receive up to $1.4 billion (€1.25 billion) to optimise its renewable jet fuel.

The funding will help Vertimass commercialise its ‘green’ catalyst technology that converts ethanol into renewable jet fuel, which is compatible with current jet fuel infrastructure.

https://biofuels-news.com/news/vertimass-awarded-up-to-1-4-billion-to-optimise-renewable-jet-fuel/

The airline industry accounts for 2 percent of global carbon emissions, and the UN predicts that travel will more than triple in the next 30 years. Biofuel use is one way to reduce emissions, but the industry says that it is a costly alternative and needs outside investments.

https://www.passblue.com/2019/10/30/airlines-counter-flight-shaming-by-lobbying-for-more-outside-investments/