The first flight of an A380 operating one engine on 100% sustainable aviation fuel follows successful flight test campaigns involving an A350 and an A319neo last year. This latest milestone once again demonstrates Airbus’ commitment to achieving certification of unblended SAF for commercial use by 2030.
Reminder that this is a test but it looks promising.
Waste cooking oil available would be a miniscule fraction of the 213 million tons produced, so any further use or production for biofuels either takes food out of peoples’ bowls and/or destroys ecosystems.
That said, it could be done in a sustainable way, as suggested by this world economic forum paper. I don’t know enough to criticise the reasoning in that paper. I suspect there could be major negative implications for some solutions for shifting the worlds’ liquid fuel supply to biofuels.
Sailing ships and global rail networks for the win.
I doubt it is natural vegetable oil, more like a mix of waste so your math does not apply here. Your fuel calculation is also based on traditional fuel, not what the topic is about.
Your papers are useless in this example since this is a test and this is not yet the standard, so no reference can be applied here as because there are no data for such claims.
There is always a trade-off between things, but we are talking about a substance that is considered waste for most countries, it is still a better solution than what your charts are referring too, the traditional methods.
If SAF is 100% cooking oil, the planet has nowhere near enough cooking oil to exclusively supply aviation.
Waste cooking oil available would be a miniscule fraction of the 213 million tons produced, so any further use or production for biofuels either takes food out of peoples’ bowls and/or destroys ecosystems.
That said, it could be done in a sustainable way, as suggested by this world economic forum paper. I don’t know enough to criticise the reasoning in that paper. I suspect there could be major negative implications for some solutions for shifting the worlds’ liquid fuel supply to biofuels.
Sailing ships and global rail networks for the win.
I doubt it is natural vegetable oil, more like a mix of waste so your math does not apply here. Your fuel calculation is also based on traditional fuel, not what the topic is about.
Your papers are useless in this example since this is a test and this is not yet the standard, so no reference can be applied here as because there are no data for such claims.
There is always a trade-off between things, but we are talking about a substance that is considered waste for most countries, it is still a better solution than what your charts are referring too, the traditional methods.