LONDON - Namwali wa Atlantic adayendetsa ndege yoyamba yapadziko lonse lapansi yoyendetsedwa ndi biofuel Lamlungu pofuna kuwonetsa kuti ikhoza kutulutsa mpweya wochepa wa carbon dioxide kuposa mafuta wamba wamba.
Akatswiri ena anayamikira ndege yoyeserera ya jumbo jet kuchokera ku London kupita ku Amsterdam ngati kuyesa kothandiza. Koma ena adadzudzula kuti ndi chinthu chodziwika bwino komanso asayansi akukayikira ubwino wa chilengedwe cha biofuels.
"Kupambana kumeneku kudzathandiza Virgin Atlantic kuwuluka ndege zake pogwiritsa ntchito mafuta abwino msanga kuposa momwe amayembekezera," Sir Richard Branson, pulezidenti wa ndegeyo, adatero Boeing 747 asananyamuke kuchokera ku Heathrow Airport ku London kupita ku Schiphol Airport ku Amsterdam.
Anati ndegeyo idzapereka "chidziwitso chofunikira chomwe tingagwiritse ntchito kuti tichepetse kwambiri mpweya wathu," adatero.
Ndege ya Lamlungu idalimbikitsidwa pang'ono ndi mafuta osakaniza a kokonati ndi mafuta a babassu mu imodzi mwa matanki ake anayi akuluakulu amafuta. Jetiyo inanyamula oyendetsa ndege ndi akatswiri angapo, koma palibe okwera.
Mneneri wa Virgin Atlantic a Paul Charles adaneneratu kuti biofuel iyi itulutsa CO2 yocheperako kuposa mafuta a jet wamba, koma adati zitenga milungu ingapo kusanthula zomwe zachitika Lamlungu.
"Ndizosangalatsa kuti wina ngati Richard ali wokonzeka kuyesa mabiliyoni ake kuti ayesetse kuchepetsa kusintha kwanyengo chifukwa cha kayendetsedwe ka ndege," atero a James Halstead, katswiri wofufuza za ndege ku London stockbroker Dawnay Day Lochart.
"Koma pali mafunso ambiri osayankhidwa okhudza phindu la biofuel polimbana ndi kutentha kwa dziko," adatero.
Ulendowu ndi chitsanzo chaposachedwa kwambiri cha momwe ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi zikudumphira pazachilengedwe poyesa kupeza njira zochepetsera kuchuluka kwa mpweya wapadziko lonse lapansi.
Zoyesayesa izi zaphatikizapo kupeza mafuta ena a jet, kupanga injini zomwe zimawotcha mafuta omwe alipo pang'onopang'ono, ndi kusintha momwe ndege zimatera.
Kuyesera kwa Virgin Atlantic ndi anzake - Boeing, General Electric ndi Imperium Renewables a Seattle - amabweranso panthawi yomwe mitengo yamtengo wapatali ya mafuta ndi kuchepa kwachuma kwa US kumalimbikitsa kulimbikitsana mumakampani oyendetsa ndege.
Ma injini a ndege amayambitsa kuipitsidwa kwa phokoso ndi kutulutsa mpweya ndi zinthu zina zomwe zimachepetsa mpweya wabwino ndikuthandizira kutentha kwa dziko ndi kuzizira kwa dziko, kumene fumbi ndi phulusa lochokera ku zinthu zachilengedwe ndi mafakitale zimatchinga dzuwa kuti lizizizira.
Pafupifupi chaka chapitacho, bungwe la European Commission, mkulu wa bungwe la European Union, linati mpweya wotenthetsera mpweya wochokera m’ndege ndi pafupifupi 3 peresenti ya chiwonkhetso chonse mu EU ndipo wakwera ndi 87 peresenti kuyambira 1990 pamene kuyenda kwa ndege kumatsika mtengo.
Charles adati ndege ya Virgin's Boeing 747-400 ndi injini zake siziyenera kukonzedwanso kuti zigwiritse ntchito biofuel paulendo woyeserera.
Anati mpweya wa CO2 paulendo wamba nthawi zambiri umakhala wowirikiza katatu kuposa mafuta omwe amawotchedwa, komanso kuti akatswiri aukadaulo paulendowu amawerengera ndikusanthula zambiri kuti athe kuyerekeza kutulutsa kwake kwa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha.
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- Anati mpweya wa CO2 paulendo wamba nthawi zambiri umakhala wowirikiza katatu kuposa mafuta omwe amawotchedwa, komanso kuti akatswiri aukadaulo paulendowu amawerengera ndikusanthula zambiri kuti athe kuyerekeza kutulutsa kwake kwa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha.
- Pafupifupi chaka chapitacho, bungwe la European Commission, mkulu wa bungwe la European Union, linati mpweya wotenthetsera mpweya wochokera m’ndege ndi pafupifupi 3 peresenti ya chiwonkhetso chonse mu EU ndipo wakwera ndi 87 peresenti kuyambira 1990 pamene kuyenda kwa ndege kumatsika mtengo.
- Ma injini a ndege amayambitsa kuipitsidwa kwa phokoso ndi kutulutsa mpweya ndi zinthu zina zomwe zimachepetsa mpweya wabwino ndikuthandizira kutentha kwa dziko ndi kuzizira kwa dziko, kumene fumbi ndi phulusa lochokera ku zinthu zachilengedwe ndi mafakitale zimatchinga dzuwa kuti lizizizira.
