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Virgin's plight to produce less CO2

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Virgin Atlantic took to the skies this weekend, powered by biofuel. Virgin head Richard Branson says yesterday's jumbo jet flight from London to the Netherlands was to prove there's an option that can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuel. But some climate change experts say the test flight was nothing more than a publicity stunt. British papers quote experts saying more and more evidence shows carbon savings from biofuels are negligible.



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