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by icegreentea 5539 days ago
By hoping that algae based biodiesels and cellulosic ethanol production get figured out.

Airliners and aircraft manufacturers are throwing more hope behind biodiseals now, since once you can get algae producing that, it's just one step away from them making jet fuel. And there -really- isn't a replacement for jet fuel. Ethanol just doesn't cut it.