A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean (wapo.st)

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Biofuels like this have some very significant scale constraints, and quite literally amount to burning food. Per the article:

Virgin Atlantic’s 100% SAF flight is a one-time stunt, and the airline won’t regularly offer all-SAF flights. Standard jet engines aren’t designed to run on only sustainable fuel, and it is too expensive and rare for it to be practical for airlines to run all-SAF routes.

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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

Big deal, I’ve gone my entire life fueled by fat and sugar.

[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

But are you a plane?

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Are you a bird?

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