Originally published at: More SAF for FedEx as Global Market Grows
New fuel deployments in Chicago and Miami mark an ongoing U.S. shift toward state-level SAF programs and airline adoption.
This SAF fuel has got to be the biggest Green Washing scandal since the Bush administration mandated corn ethanol use, saying the it would reduce CO2 which it will not do. Through the use of science not politics it was discovered that there was no reduction in CO2 as compared to just using the petroleum alternative. Science also found that corn ethanol production does contribute significantly to other environmental damage in many ways.
And what proportion is this blend? A whole 2%. Until fossil oil derived kerosene is taxed like petrol (gas) in Europe, there is absolutely no incentive to use bio-fuel alternatives.
Although the tourist traffic will be more reluctant to fly to the seaside, when that sea side is more likely to be subjects to storms or recovering from storms – as the anguished wails from tourists in Jamaica during the hurricane showed.
Here in California, there is a proposal to further drain the Colorado River reservoirs to produce SAF fuel. The government subsidies from taxpayers have made this possible. How is this good for the environment?
I do not have enough real information about SAF to know how sustainable it is. I think that corn ethanol is more of a subsidy for farmers than an environmental solution but I would add that it is a better and much safer octane booster than tetraeythllead. I think that FedEx would be better off converting all of their delivery and short to medium haul trucks to battery electric. In addition to be bigger win for the environment, this would probably even save them money in the long run. A win-win.
Don’t these people ever leave their bubble and see where things are headed? EVs are as dead as the New Green Scam Deal. The US is once again setting record production numbers for oil and gas, which will lead to lower Jet-A costs. Ethanol, Bio-Diesel, SAF, etc. fuel turn what should be food for humans and feed for livestock into expensive fuels, a net loss for the economy and the environment. Shell finally woke up and did the inevitable when it turned its focus back toward our glorious fossil fuels, a gift from God.
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