The role of airplanes have long been a tough piece to fit into the puzzle of transitioning to a low - carbon future — the huge
amounts of jet fuel they burn make them some of the most notorious emitters on the
Finally, making large
amounts of jet fuel from algae represents a major hurdle, from perfecting the algae's growth to extracting the oil cost - effectively.
You also have a limited
amount of jet fuel, so you need to conserve it when you can.
Not exact matches
AltAir does better by sourcing its bio —
jet fuel from oil seed — bearing plants, like camelina, but that limits the
amount that can be planted in rotation with food crops like wheat given constraints on the
amount of land available for the latter.
A standard
jet engine employs spinning compressor fans to pressurize inflowing air so that it releases large
amounts of energy when mixed with
fuel and burned.
Hypocrites, because they almost all burn fossil
fuels in their cars, are quite happy about hopping on a plane, which consumes inordinate
amounts of fossil
fuel (1000 huge
jet planes throughput daily in Hong Kong alone), waste power on large screen TVs..
I would conclude that bringing 5,000 MW
of wind and solar power on line in California in the next five years would not impact the
amount of gasoline, diesel, and
jet fuel consumed in the state.
«Today's news marks another significant accomplishment in this regard, enabling production
of renewable
fuels that can supplant meaningful
amounts — not small fractions —
of fossil - derived gasoline and
jet fuel.»
No
Amount of Fees Will Erase
Fuel Costs In any case, the bottom line is that no matter what the airlines do they won't be able to get around the reality of expensive jet f
Fuel Costs In any case, the bottom line is that no matter what the airlines do they won't be able to get around the reality
of expensive
jet fuelfuel.