Designer fuel offers more mpg, less emissions, less cost
Swift Enterprises co-founders Mary and John Rusek, conduct research on SwiftFuel, a lead-free aviation fuel for small aircraft that can provide an effective range (distance between refueling) greater than petroleum at half the manufacturing cost. (Photo -
Now here’s an interesting solution to the problem of reducing emissions using the same fleet of cars we have, but by using different fuel. Airplanes need high octane fuel and the octane rating has until now been achieved by adding tetraethyl lead, but that will be outlawed from 2010. Ethanol achieves the same octane rating boost but is unsuitable for use in aircraft. To solve the riddle, the newly announced SwiftFuel© uses ethanol to produce a designer fuel with a 104 octane rating that has no ethanol in it. It runs fine in any existing plane (or car), and is a low emission, alternative made entirely from biomass that has 15-20% more energy per litre than petrol, so your plane (or car) will get better mpg too. And it costs half as much to make as current petroleum manufacturing cost. What’s the catch?
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