Myth: Tobacco Plants Are Only For Smoking: Difference between revisions
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==Fuel== | ==Fuel== | ||
*See also: Multiple Uses | *See also: Multiple Uses | ||
===2016: [https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/20/africa/tobacco-jets-south-africa/index.html Tobacco-fueled jets take off in South Africa]=== | |||
*"The first commercial planes in Africa to use biofuels carried 300 passengers between Johannesburg and Cape Town. The Boeing jets, operated by South African Airways (SAA), were partly powered by nicotine-free, high-energy “Solaris” tobacco plants cultivated by farmers in Limpopo Province..." | |||
===2016: [https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jul/06/us-farmers-turning-tobacco-into-airplane-fuel-biofuels-renewables Meet the US farmers turning their tobacco into airplane fuel]=== | |||
*"Since 2009, the US biofuel company Tyton BioEnergy Systems has partnered with agronomists from Virginia Tech and North Carolina State University and tobacco growers to research the potential for turning tobacco into biomass." | |||
==Multiple Uses== | ==Multiple Uses== | ||