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A little after 7pm ET tonight, a Virgin Atlantic 747 will take off from Orlando, Florida, bound for London’s Gatwick airport. This flight will be the first to use a blend of jet fuel and fuel made from industrial waste gas from a steel mill in China. This waste-gas fuel will displace some of the petroleum-based jet fuel that usually fills up a commercial jet’s tanks.
The company that makes the alternative fuel blend, LanzaTech, says third-party estimates show its fuels reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 70 percent compared to burning the same amount of jet fuel.
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Virgin Media, a leading provider of internet, TV, and phone services in Britain, is urging customers to reset the passwords on their routers.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
The Independent |
Virgin Galactic bans Chinese nationals from space flights over espionage fears
The Independent This is due to the fact that the British firm will be launching its craft from the US, where strict anti-espionage regulations introduced during the Cold War still restrict the privileges of citizens from countries such as China, Iran and North Korea … China's nouveau riche barred from buying Virgin Galactic's trips into space |