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by ZeroGravitas 253 days ago
One of the touted benefits of e-fuel is the purity that after combustion reduces the exhaust soot.

I wonder if factoring in the contrail reduction of this tilts them towards financial breakeven.

edit: Googled it and an Airbus test last year suggested a 25% decrease in contrail formation:

https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-06-wo...