Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?
It’s hard to replace jet fuel because the alternatives aren’t energetic enough, are too dangerous, or aren’t yet being made at scale.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Jet fuel - a liquid petroleum fuel with high specific energy and energy density, used in airplane jet engines, made of kerosene with a few additives
- Specific Energy - how much energy something contains per unit mass
- Energy Density - how much energy something contains per unit volume
- Synthetic jet fuel - a jet fuel replacement, typically aiming to have lower life cycle environmental impacts than jet fuel (AKA: sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), alternative jet fuel, renewable aviation fuel, renewable jet fuel, biojet fuel, sustainable alternative fuel)
- Kerosene - a petroleum product that is the main component of jet fuel (and old fashioned lanterns)
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