Fueling the race
As companies pour resources into developing alternative fuels,
it makes sense for major oil-producing nations to have a stake in what will potentially become their biggest competitor.
Boeing's joint initiative with partners in the United Arab Emirates, including the government-owned Etihad Airways, thus marks a number of firsts.
It's the first time United Arab Emirates has refined biofuel (by a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.), as well as the first flight fueled with a new processing technology that is not yet approved but will be used in UAE biofuel production in the future.
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