Airline industry’s 10 percent biofuel target for 2013 profiled, critiqued

A recap of the International Air Transport Associations Green Vision program has been published, focusing on the industry’s goals of zero emission jets by 2050 and 10 percent conversion to biofuels by 2013. The article focuses on the role of scaled up algae production as well as efforts by Shell, Chevron and Boeing in this area. Critics of the IATA goals say that the group should focus in advances in airframe and engine technologies instead of a risky bet on new biofuels.

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