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by sweetheart 1715 days ago
Why not? Can you explain?
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Even today's airline industry is unsustainable and can only continue to function because it's heavily subsidised.

Fossil fuel for airplanes is tax-free and cheaper than petrol, e.g. $3.31/gal w/o taxes in California [0] vs. $2.06/gal (average) for jet fuel [1].

Using atmospheric carbon to generate fuel is significantly more expensive than that as even just capturing the CO² costs more than the crude oil used for jet fuel [2].

The claim of "carbon neutral fuel" basically rests on super optimistic assumptions already. The cost can only be competitive if a world-wide carbon tax on the order of $200/metric ton is implemented, which is very unrealistic.

[0] https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/transp...

[1] https://www.iata.org/en/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/

[2] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/carbon-en...

"Fossil fuel for airplanes is tax-free and cheaper than petrol, e.g. $3.31/gal w/o taxes in California [0] vs. $2.06/gal (average) for jet fuel [1]."

This is total insanity, why are we doing this