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A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean (wapo.st)
submitted 11 months ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4426053

While it's easy to dismiss this as a stunt, history suggests stunts are necessary to shift mindset. This flight alone solves nothing, but it will hopefully move the needle.

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[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

No, but like E5, then E10 then E30, fuels can be mixed. Scandinavian offers (for a premium) to use 50% SAF for your journey if you’re willing to pay the premium. Of course they achieve that by committing to buy and mix in a proportion of SAF into some, if not all compatible, flights, rather than fuelling your plane specifically, but it’s still something.

The additionally cost hasn’t been that much, about 25%. That’s probably reasonable in term of how many plane journeys either shouldn’t be taken or moved to rail.

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