Biofuels offer many advantages over traditional airplane fuel. Traditional airline fuel is petroleum based, and it results in harm being done to the earth. Biofuels reduce these harmful emissions by at least eighty percent, so there is much less pollution involved, with far less carbon and sulfur being released. Biofuels decrease the impact that flying has on global warming and other components of the current ecological crisis. Biofuels are produced from biomass energy instead of from fossil fuels like petroleum. Biofuels are produced using methods that are ecologically friendly instead of damaging to the environment, and these fuels are created from plant and animal materials. Biofuels have proven to be an option for the airline industry.

Biofuel production can help the airline industry save money while reducing their carbon footprint on the earth. One plan that may be put into effect once President elect Obama takes office is the plan to tax companies based on their carbon imprint on the earth. If this plan takes effect, the airline industry may face huge taxes because of the high amount of carbon emissions and pollution that planes release during a flight. Fuel for planes must be very energy dense, and unlike land vehicles electrical batteries and hydrogen fuel cells do not really provide an alternative energy source for planes. This means that an renewable energy sources must be used that does not pollute the earth and air, but which provides a very dense source of energy in a liquid fuel form. Biofuels are this energy source. Since the first flight using biofuels was successful, this may well be the turning point for the airline industry.

Biofuel production will prove to be the answer that the airline industry needs, to lower costs, reduce and eliminate air pollution, stop the harmful releases of carbons and other pollutants and greenhouse gases, and be competitive in a world where the price of energy is rising. Petroleum is a fossil fuel, and this means that it is going to run out. Analysts and economic advisors caution that this will probably happen sooner than expected previously, because many developing countries are seeing higher demands for oil and other fossil fuels. If the airline industry stays dependent on fossil fuels for their energy needs, the whole industry as a whole may become extinct and flying may end up going the way of the dinosaur. Biofuel production is the answer that will save the airline industry and keep it strong and competitive. Biofuel production will benefit the earth, the airline industry, and consumers, so everyone wins and there are no losers. This is not true when fossil fuels are used for energy.

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