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Mostly a severe reduction in air travel (airplane fuel is really really really bad for the environment)
by chipperyman573 6y ago
Mostly a severe reduction in air travel (airplane fuel is really really really bad for the environment)
- mvid 6y agoUnlikely. Usually mostly due to agricultural burning and motor vehicles.
- catalogia 6y agoRoad vehicles and agricultural vehicles have both been using ULSD for the past 10 or so years in America, and it's my impression that this is common elsewhere in the developed world too. ULSD has two orders of magnitude less sulfur than common jet fuel.
- iguy 6y agoKathmandu is far from this, by the way. IIRC a major component of the smog was from smugglers adulterating the fuel, e.g. adding kerosene to gasoline.
- catalogia 6y agoIs there any reason jet aircraft couldn't burn something like ULSD? ULSD has a sulfur content of 15ppm in North America, whereas jet fuel can apparently be 2000ppm or more.
- riffraff 6y agoBecause it's cheaper, I believe. aviation SE has a larger answer https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13042/why-do-jet-engines-use-kerosene-rather-than-gasoline https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13042/why-do-je...