“While these inventions are fascinating from a research perspective, they won’t act as a panacea for the harmful, climate damaging emissions that the aviation industry is increasingly releasing into our atmosphere.”
From ClimateChangeNews.com:
“While these inventions are fascinating from a research perspective, they won’t act as a panacea for the harmful, climate damaging emissions that the aviation industry is increasingly releasing into our atmosphere.”
From ClimateChangeNews.com:
“Policy” often runs counter to physical reality.
In aviation the ‘energy density’ of a propulsion system must be maximized – every bit of excess weight means less cargo and/or fewer passengers that can be moved.
So far none of the green alternatives to jet fuel comes anywhere close to being competitive by this all-important metric.