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Biofuel-powered EADS hypersonic passenger jet concept debuts at Paris Air Show

By Tiffany Hsu
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The new conceptual passenger aircraft from EADS will be able to get from Tokyo to Los Angeles in 2 1/2 hours by cruising at Mach 4 speeds up in the Earth’s atmosphere. But that’s not what has some environmentalists googly-eyed.

The Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport, proposed by the aircraft manufacturer and Airbus parent at the Paris Air Show this week, would run in part on liquid hydrogen and biofuel.

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Demonstration technologies could be ready by the end of this decade, EADS said, though the jet wouldn’t be commercially ready until mid-century.

Read about more clean-fuel developments from the show at the Times’ Greenspace blog.

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-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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