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Can we really fuel planes with fat and sugar?
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There are very real limits to biofuel availability which are going to limit how much we can use them. Maybe for a few long-haul flights, but its mostly going to be travel avoidance and better surface transport which replaces aviation
Like trains? I hear every time a train is built Elon feels unimaginable pain. We should build more trains.
Trains are great. Electric aircraft are a possibility
Cargo Zeppelins would be really cool. Not very practical, but still
Yeah, they're more of a hobby project for a billionaire than anything practical right now