silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 11 months agoCan we really fuel planes with fat and sugar?www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down13
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkCan we really fuel planes with fat and sugar?www.bbc.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThere are very real limits to biofuel availability which are going to limit how much we can use them. Maybe for a few long-haul flights, but its mostly going to be travel avoidance and better surface transport which replaces aviation
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoLike trains? I hear every time a train is built Elon feels unimaginable pain. We should build more trains.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoTrains are great. Electric aircraft are a possibility
minus-squareGregorGizeh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoCargo Zeppelins would be really cool. Not very practical, but still
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, they’re more of a hobby project for a billionaire than anything practical right now
There are very real limits to biofuel availability which are going to limit how much we can use them. Maybe for a few long-haul flights, but its mostly going to be travel avoidance and better surface transport which replaces aviation
Like trains? I hear every time a train is built Elon feels unimaginable pain. We should build more trains.
Trains are great. Electric aircraft are a possibility
Cargo Zeppelins would be really cool. Not very practical, but still
Yeah, they’re more of a hobby project for a billionaire than anything practical right now