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Hydrogen-Powered Private Jets Can Cut Emissions — If They Can Get Off the Ground (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] fpslem@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Pretty sick and tired of so-called clean aviation fuel efforts. Just build the damn high-speed rail already, knock out most of the domestic air travel, and limit flights to trips that couldn't be done by train. That requires zero new tech and would make WAY more of an impact on greenhouse gas emissions than hydrogen jets ever could.

[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 8 points 5 months ago

How about no private jets?

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Hydrogen is a scam, and air transport is probably the worst application for it.