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The Development of Ecologically Sound Jet Fuel

Posted by Zonk on from the well-maybe-not-sound dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at Princeton University are currently working on two projects to reduce jet travel's role in global warming. The first one, a major project funded by the U.S. Air Force with $7.5 million, is focused on developing computational models that accurately simulate the burning of jet fuel, a complex process not well understood today. The second one, funded by NetJets, a company providing business jets, will help to develop new jet fuels with near-zero net greenhouse gas emissions."

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  1. Curses! by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, you know, this means the end of the horse-drawn zeppelin!

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  2. The perfect rocket/jet fuel. by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    But of course: it's salami.

    Or in the words of Mythbuster's Jamie: "This may look like a salami, it may smell like a salami, it may even taste like a salami, but it's rocket fuel."

  3. Ummm.... I have an easy solution by wamerocity · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's so obvious, I don't know why they haven't done this earlier. They just need to make a HYBRID plane model! Just load it up with 5000 lbs of batteries. Silly scientists...

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    1. Re:Ummm.... I have an easy solution by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just have this hilarious picture in my head of a light aircraft shitting AAA batteries as it soars through the air.

  4. Re:This Is Ridiculous by Cecil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Venus is permanently covered in cloud and has the highest albedo in the solar system. I wonder how that's working out for them... oh, that's right, it's hotter than Mercury.

    Cough up these studies, please.

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  5. Re:New Computational Models? by feepness · · Score: 3, Funny

    So they're going to reduce the greenhouse gas output of planes in a vein bid to offset the greenhouse emissions caused by running their super computer to calculate ways of reducing the greenhouse emissions caused by planes? Don't worry, another team is working on simulating the greenhouse gas output of supercomputer simulations of jet engines in a bid to better understand and reduce them.
  6. Re:In Soviet Russia... by dintech · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pretty much everything but the coast excluding Orange County and parts of San Diego.

    This is confusing. I think we need a Venn diagram I think...

  7. Contrails are bad by giafly · · Score: 2, Funny

    So are contrails in and of themselves good or bad? I don't think anyone can say.
    It's all in the name. If they were good they'd be called protrails. Also let's agree that I won't graffiti your plane if you won't graffiti my my sky.
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