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Recession Not Slowing Plans for Boeing & Airbus

Written by CatherineJ Monday, 06 April 2009 18:51

The recession may be slowing down some renewable energy projects, but Boeing and Airbus have indicated that they will be continuing to push forward on developing planes that can run on biofuels, and working with biofuel producers develop these fuels, Business Week reports:

Since the commercial aircraft lifetimes can be 30-35 years, airplane manufacturers are less concerned about shorter term economic downturns and won't be making changes to their product strategy or research efforts in making a transition to biofuels, the vice president for sustainable development at Airbus said.

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