Airbus and Algae: Why Biofuels Won’t Cut It

We noted yesterday aviation’s uphill battle to replace tradititional—and increasingly expensive—jet fuel with alternative fuels. Today, Airbus and Honeywell announced a new project to provide one-third of aviation’s fuel needs by 2030 using second-generation biofuels made from things like vegetable biomass and algae.

The problem is, even if the Airbus plan works exactly as expected, it won’t make a difference in terms of aviation’s emissions problem.
Wall Street Journal blogs