I'm all for trying new things, but this is just asinine. The infrastructure to make enough volume of a source of some sort of vegetable oil and then turn it into whatever form of biodiesel that would function as jet fuel would require so much more energy and produce so much more impact than whatever tiny nothing you'd gain in reducing "greenhouse emissions".
Unless Exxon or someone else can figure out that algae based fuel, bio fuels are a non-starter. Anything produced at scale will require an unfathomable amount of corn or other sugar source. Farming that stuff and moving the product is a very energy intensive process. Refining it is also energy intensive. Then there’s the inconvenient fact that bio fuels are less energy dense than petrochemical fuels so you need to burn 10-20% more to release the same amount of energy. I’d be shocked if this sort of system didn’t produce at least 10% higher emissions than traditional hydrocarbon sources.
Progress always involves artificial famines. You can't stop progress!
Socialists line up
I'm all for trying new things, but this is just asinine. The infrastructure to make enough volume of a source of some sort of vegetable oil and then turn it into whatever form of biodiesel that would function as jet fuel would require so much more energy and produce so much more impact than whatever tiny nothing you'd gain in reducing "greenhouse emissions".
Unless Exxon or someone else can figure out that algae based fuel, bio fuels are a non-starter. Anything produced at scale will require an unfathomable amount of corn or other sugar source. Farming that stuff and moving the product is a very energy intensive process. Refining it is also energy intensive. Then there’s the inconvenient fact that bio fuels are less energy dense than petrochemical fuels so you need to burn 10-20% more to release the same amount of energy. I’d be shocked if this sort of system didn’t produce at least 10% higher emissions than traditional hydrocarbon sources.
That’s the point. China will force their African plantations to mass produce the corn, making US rely on China further.
The power of saved bacon grease fueling 747s!
This flight will cost you:£5000 or 5 gallons of bacon grease. For inflight brawndo, pay an extra gallon.
A year that most definitely wasn’t chosen because that’s when the next inauguration would be, I assure you. Pay no attention to the political theatre.
His climate tsar took a private jet to obamas party - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9869959/John-Legend-Chrissy-Teigen-Dwyane-Wade-arrive-Marthas-Vineyard-Obamas-birthday-bash.html
And no one wore masks.
Yeah good luck with that.
All the cooking oil in the world wouldn't get a commercial airliner off the ground
Public wet farts. Far beyond his term of office. Not even worth reporting on.
All of these climate targets are complete bullshit.
Whatever happened to the nuclear jet?
And people in hell want ice water
I hope they try, because then his vaunted fighter jets and nukes will be no match for a 5 year old with a toy laser.