Japan Times WEEKLY First solely bio-fuel jet flight raises clean travel hopes

1) First solely bio-fuel jet flight raises clean travel hopes

バイオ燃料100％のジェット飛行に初成功

 

2) The world's first flight powered entirely by bio jet fuel has raised hopes for cleaner air travel and upped the prospects of a boon for farmers whose oilseed crops could supplant kerosene.

　世界初のバイオ燃料100%のジェット飛行の成功によって、環境に優しい飛行機旅行への期待が高まると共に、灯油に代わる油糧種子作物を育てる農民が恩恵を受ける見込みが引き上げられた。

 

3) In 2012, October 29, a Dassault Falcon 20 took off from the Canadian capital Ottawa, this is the world’s first flight, which uses the renewable bio-jet fuel. The fuel was made by brassica carinata, it is commonly used for making Ethiopian mustard, and this crop is well suited for growing in semiarid areas. In Canada, more than 40 farmers contracted with the two companies, Agrisoma and Applied Research to grow over 2400 hectares oilseed, and it will be turned into bio jet fuel by them. This bio-fuel could be commercially available within a few years.

 

4) When I read this article, I felt an expectation to this bio-fuel technology. If this fuel have been using practically, the emissions will be reduced and we can keep the clean air. And this bio-fuel is sustainable, so there are no concerns about the drain of the fuel. I hope the early establishment of generally using the bio-fuel to the air plane

 

5) supplant ～にとって変わる　solely 単独で　round tip 往復で　trailed ～の後に続いた　swapped with ～と入れ替えられる

 

Japan Times WEEKLY November 17, 2012