cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4426053

While it’s easy to dismiss this as a stunt, history suggests stunts are necessary to shift mindset. This flight alone solves nothing, but it will hopefully move the needle.

  •  Hirom   ( @Hirom@beehaw.org ) 
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    it suffers from a chicken-and-egg problem: Airlines don’t want to buy SAF because it can be several times more expensive than standard aviation fuel

    Only because we refuse to tax carbon, and increasingly subsidize fossil fuels.

    Clean alternatives will be much more competitive once carbon is properly taxed, and we stop subsidizing polluting industries.