/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/so-sweet-boeing-future-planes-to-go-green-with-sugar(Left) SUGAR high/freeze (Right) supersonic Boeing concept (via Boeing) &quot;Green&quot; is becoming the norm in new design. Boeing is jumping on the bandwagon and looking to win a major contract from NASA to create new subsonic/supersonic aircraft that ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/so-sweet-boeing-future-planes-to-go-green-with-sugarWed, 28 Mar 2012 20:20:30 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:88961b7f-f27d-4de1-9bab-fa17e538ac3dDAB0<p>Sugar is a hydrocarbon fuel with a lot of energy density.&nbsp; After all, we humans use it.</p><p>Not sure I am ready to sacrifice my chocolate habit so they can fly airplanes, but there are many new processes available for generating sugar compounds from a lot of materials.</p><p>It still comes down to a cost and volume issue.&nbsp; While it is technically green, there are a lot of costs involved with harvesting, converting the materials to sugar and then disposing of the by-products.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#39;t think these people have thought the whole lifecycle through.&nbsp; I suspect that oil would need to cost about 1000 USD per barrel before this approach would be cost competitive.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just my opinion,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=13909&AppID=45&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">