@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoAirlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn | Carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down14
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkAirlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn | Carriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water.www.nytimes.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@CADmonkeylink3•1 year agoBurning ethanol does make CO2. But it releases CO2 that was pulled out of the atmosphere by the plant the ethanol was made from.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 year agoBut the net CO2 is actually worse than just using fossil fuels, because of the use of fossil fuels to grow the amount of corn needed to make that much ethanol, and refine it.
Burning ethanol does make CO2. But it releases CO2 that was pulled out of the atmosphere by the plant the ethanol was made from.
But the net CO2 is actually worse than just using fossil fuels, because of the use of fossil fuels to grow the amount of corn needed to make that much ethanol, and refine it.
That’s not because of burning the ethanol itself, though.