The Virgin Atlantic flight used only sustainable aviation fuel to cross the Atlantic Ocean from London to New York on Tuesday. It’s a step toward zero-carbon flight.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4426053

While it’s easy to dismiss this as a stunt, history suggests stunts are necessary to shift mindset. This flight alone solves nothing, but it will hopefully move the needle.

  • Hirom@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    it suffers from a chicken-and-egg problem: Airlines don’t want to buy SAF because it can be several times more expensive than standard aviation fuel

    Only because we refuse to tax carbon, and increasingly subsidize fossil fuels.

    Clean alternatives will be much more competitive once carbon is properly taxed, and we stop subsidizing polluting industries.

    • HobbitFoot English
      3·
      1 year ago

      It is worse for jet fuel. The EU doesn’t tax jet fuel at all. The USA does tax jet fuel, but only at 28¢ a gallon.