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Jet fuel can be generated carbon neutrally with these 4th gen reactors. They provide high enough thermals to split water and hydrogen energy efficiently and any
by Beltiras 7y ago
Jet fuel can be generated carbon neutrally with these 4th gen reactors. They provide high enough thermals to split water and hydrogen energy efficiently and any process where you generate hydrogen you can very easily produce hydrocarbons instead. We have the technology. It's economical. It's safer than any alternative ALREADY HERE. Solar is not carbon free and environmentally friendly. Silicon smelting is a really dirty process. None of the alternatives have the capability to scale the same way.
- ryanmercer 7y agoAssuming they can produce jet fuel, I doubt it would be anywhere close to enough to replace the current fossil fuel. I've looked before and it is hard to get a decent figure due to military/private/commercial passenger flights, non-passenger military flights, freight flights etc but >Collectively, United States air carriers burn through 17 billion gallons of jet fuel annually https://thepointsguy.com/guide/cost-of-fueling-an-airliner/ https://thepointsguy.com/guide/cost-of-fueling-an-airliner/ I think that figure is only commercial passenger flights.
- Beltiras 7y agoIt's simple really. They need to be cheaper than fossil fuels. Can't find the link right now but I remember reading about it being possible with a little subsidy (way less than oil companies are getting now).