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Airbus to make first foray into engine manufacturing with hydrogen tie-up
- toomuchtodo 3mo agoI’m somewhat surprised they haven’t gone straight to optimizing for methanol combustion and buying a startup producing methanol from solar and atmospheric CO2. Solar methanol production is not terribly novel now, and is easier to store and transport than hydrogen. https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/insights/articles/how-astm-approval-of-methanol-to-jet-accelerates-saf-at-scale https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/insights/articles/how-astm-a... https://arena.gov.au/knowledge-bank/vast-renewables-port-augusta-solar-methanol-project-lessons-learnt-report-1/ https://arena.gov.au/knowledge-bank/vast-renewables-port-aug... (Biodiesel isn’t an option, won’t scale without causing potential rainforest and other land conservation loss)
- ChrisArchitect 3mo agohttps://archive.ph/BUsJl https://archive.ph/BUsJl