飞行员将试飞纯塑料废品柴油飞机
<p>澳大利亚一位业余飞行员将于今年7月驾驶一架完全由塑料废品提炼的燃油为动力的飞机从悉尼飞往伦敦，全程共飞6天，每天计划飞行1500英里（约合2414公里），途中将在印度尼西亚、泰国、印度、巴基斯坦、阿拉伯联合酋长国、约旦、埃及、希腊、法国等国家的15个城市停留，以补充燃油。据介绍，此次飞行的所用燃油是由5吨塑料废品经新技术提炼而成的1000加仑（4546升）航空级柴油，所有废品原料均为不可回收、只能填埋处理的各类塑料废品。负责提炼的公司负责人表示，塑料废品提炼的柴油比多数飞机使用的柴油更清洁，生产过程更环保，成本更低。此次飞行途经的国家将会提前将塑料废品运到位于都柏林的处理工厂，然后将提炼好的燃油分配到飞行员计划停靠的城市。废塑料提炼的柴油已经汽车测试，正处于航空发动机测试的早期阶段，但尚未用于飞行。因此，这次飞行属于塑料废品柴油的首飞。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="the">the</span> 10,500-<span word="mile">mile</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Sydney">Sydney</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span> – <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="entirely">entirely</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>.</p><p><span word="His">His</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="powered">powered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="discarded">discarded</span> <span word="packaging">packaging</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="rubbish">rubbish</span> <span word="dumps">dumps</span> <span word="and">and</span> – <span word="using">using</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pioneering">pioneering</span> <span word="technique">technique</span> – <span word="melted">melted</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="into">into</span> 1,000 <span word="gallons">gallons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="aviation">aviation</span>-<span word="grade">grade</span> <span word="diesel">diesel</span>.</p>
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