Not long ago, I saw an interview with an fascinating man, “Sir Richard Branson”, which is not your typical billionaire.  For those that do not know him, he is the founder of Virgin Records, followed by Virgin Airlines among many other businesses.  More information about him at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson

During the interview Branson mentioned an answer to our current fuel issues may be helped by Syntroleum, synthetic fuels based on the Fisher-Tropsch process which can use natural gas, coal or biomass as feedstock.  I decided to check out this a little more and found:

http://www.syntroleum.com

And interesting site to say the least.  You might want to browse around the various links on the site along with their press releases.

Branson has a site called Virgin Green Fund containing information about his involvement and investment in energy.  If you click on the News option, it has a few articles of the push to replace fossil fuels (including jet fuel) with biofuels.

http://www.virgingreenfund.com

In the interview, Branson mentioned that Virgin Atlantic would fly one of its 747 jumbo jets on biofuels by the end of 2008 if not sooner.  This would be a big news item as we can see electric earth bound transportation, but not so much for jets, they are tied to fossil fuels.  If they can go biofuel, it could have a huge impact on CO2 emissions and supposedly cut fuel costs.

Researching around these sites along with others, it is interesting what is listed as coming in 2008-2010.  It could be quite exciting in the alternate energy world over the next couple of years.

I know many of us complain about the high fuel prices of late, but it is those high prices and fear of supply that is accelerating the drive technology for alternates!