Comment on Airbus previews next-gen airliner with bird-inspired wings
Dyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week agoWorldwide diesel/kerosene biofuel production is too low. Last time airbus made a demo on 100% biofuel made from algae, they bought the output of a whole year to run a single long haul flight.
There is a reason they say Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and not biofuel. They also need e-fuel / synthetic fuel made from hydrogen in addition to biofuel.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 week ago
There is a lot of biofuel being made of other fuel types though, so no reason why production of aviation biofuel can’t ramp up.
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 week ago
That requires lots of cropland though. Hydrogen can effectively be made by offshore wind farms etc.
It might work if we reduce standard fuel requirements for cars etc enough.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Most of what our liquid fuels are used for currently can be done by electric vehicles, it will be tasks like farm equipment, and vehicles and equipment working in remote areas, that will still require liquid fuels.