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"American Airlines and Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails that trap heat"
#Aviation #Aeroplanes #AI

American Airlines and Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails that trap heat
American Airlines and Google said Thursday that they significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline's flights using an AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails.

"But unless my calculations are wrong — which I hope they are, by at least three orders of magnitude — if we gave up burning fossil fuels today, we would have to reduce our energy consumption overnight to 6% — six percent — of what we currently consume"
#Aviation
#Biofuels

Aviation-fuel and generating capacity
I wrote in my last piece on aviation fuel that I thought that electrolysing the amount of hydrogen needed to fuel the world's jetliner fleet would use more electricity than the world's entire generating capacity, but that I would have to run the numbers. Well, now I have.

Good #aviation news! Sonex is back!
https://avbrief.com/new-owner-restarts-sonex/?utm_source=newsletter-204&utm_medium=mastodon

"Reducing aircraft soot might not actually reduce the climate effects of contrails"
#Aviation #Emissions #Climate

Reducing aircraft soot might not actually reduce the climate effects of contrails
Reducing aircraft soot emissions may not reduce contrail clouds, according to in-flight observations of emissions from a passenger jet with modern "lean-burn" engines, reported in Nature. Contrails from aircraft contribute to the climate-warming impacts of aviation. The findings demonstrate that more work is needed to understand and reduce the climate impact of jet engine emissions.

"Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise"
#Europe #Aviation #Aeroplanes #Emissions

Scored one of four signed posters!!
World Premiere of the Martin Mars Fire Guardians movie tonight in #portalberni
It is hard to overstate how special these planes were to this town of any in the world. We miss them like family. ❤️
#martinmars #hawaiimars #aviation #BCWildfire

"Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions – new study"
#Emissions #Aviation #Aeroplanes #Climate

Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions – new study
Huge efficiency gains are available to airlines, without any new technologies – new study.

“Vegan Airplane Food: Emirates Now Offers Nearly 500 Different Plant-Based Recipes”
#Food #Vegans #Aviation #Aeroplanes

Vegan Airplane Food: Emirates Now Offers Nearly 500 Different Plant-Based Recipes
Emirates is doubling down on its commitment to vegan airplane food and now offers nearly 500 different plant-based recipes on its flights