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Post by ARENA on May 20, 2021 7:38:31 GMT
Air France flight 342 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport with a 16% mix of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its fuel tanks, produced in France by Total from used cooking oil.
The flight signalled a "shared ambition to decarbonize air transportation and to develop a SAF supply chain in France", the companies said in a joint statement with airport operator ADP .
Jet fuel produced from biomass or synthetically from renewable power has the potential to slash carbon emissions, albeit at a heavy cost by comparison to the price of kerosene.
Starting next year, flights departing from France will be required to use 1% SAF, ahead of European Union goals to reach 2% by 2025 and 5% by 2030 under the bloc's Green Deal policy.
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Post by althea on May 20, 2021 14:46:22 GMT
Should this post be in Grumblaria? It's good news, surely?
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Post by jonjel2 on May 20, 2021 16:07:39 GMT
I am visualising a strong smell of garlic in the exhaust stream, just as we used to have a strong smell of Kerosene when I lived near Gatwick.  |
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Post by ARENA on May 20, 2021 16:27:15 GMT
Should this post be in Grumblaria? It's good news, surely? In case we got someone turning it into a political thing. |
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Post by althea on May 20, 2021 16:39:28 GMT
Ah, Got it. |
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Post by jonjel2 on May 21, 2021 15:56:26 GMT
Still pondering as to how anyone could turn a different way of producing aviation fuel into a political thing.  |
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Post by ARENA on May 22, 2021 6:58:04 GMT
You should try running a board, you get all sorts of argumentative types
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Post by honeybear on May 22, 2021 8:29:44 GMT
Maybe they'll re-introduce Codcorde
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