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British Airways to power planes with potato peels

The airline industry is taking its first steps towards green energy. British Airways has announced it is investing in a factory that will convertĀ tonnesĀ of household rubbish into enough jet fuel for all its flights from London City airport twice over. Some 500,000 tonnes of waste generated by Londoners will be used by the UK facility each year to produce 16 million gallons of fuel. Construction of the plant in east London will start within two years. It is set to produce fuel from 2014, Read more [...]