CelloMom On Cars

"The #US Treasury Department is about to announce tax credits for #SustainableAviationFuel, which raises the question: What fuels are actually “sustainable”?

According to #CORSIA, one fuel that’s likely not eligible is #CornEthanol. But the large and very powerful U.S. corn-ethanol industry, together with airlines, is trying to persuade the Treasury Department to use a different set of standards that would allow ethanol to qualify for the tax breaks."

#SAF
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/looking-for-a-greener-way-to-fly

Looking for a Greener Way to Fly

Elizabeth Kolbert writes about the challenges around creating and using sustainable aviation fuel, and why we must find a solution in order to curb climate change.

The New Yorker
Dec 9, 2023 at 8:50pmWeb
Show threadCelloMom On CarsDec 9, 2023

History repeats itself?

In the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, "it was envisioned that renewable fuels [for cars] would eventually be made from waste products—cornstalks, say, or wood chips. Instead, what happened was that the country just produced more and more fuel from corn.

Today, nearly forty per cent of the country’s corn crop is converted into ethanol."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/looking-for-a-greener-way-to-fly

Looking for a Greener Way to Fly

Elizabeth Kolbert writes about the challenges around creating and using sustainable aviation fuel, and why we must find a solution in order to curb climate change.

The New Yorker
Show threadclimate voter/radical leftistDec 9, 2023
@CelloMomOnCars Looking for less flying.