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Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by vanusa on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:11PM (#30110315)
EDIT:

My horrible, ostentatioous BAD! I mixed up the GE headline with the viral United Airlines tweet about the same exercise:

https://twitter.com/united/status/1466045020473942020

In which they took care not to mention the second engine using standard fuel, going so far as to say (this time quoting correctly):

  Today, United will be the first in aviation history to fly a passenger flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).  

  This flight will serve as a turning point in the industry's effort to combat climate change.
So I definitely should have read the GE headline more closely (which doesn't make this obfuscation). But that's what happens when these companies keep lying, and lying, and lying - at some point your senses go numb, your eyes start to bleed... and you lose track of detail.

But at the end of the day - my bad!

Earlier, ill-thought transmission (from me) follows below, as-is:

  The point isn't the testing protocol, or that two different fuel types were used.

  It's that these companies are trying to play with our heads.
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by woeirua on Thursday January 27, 2022 @11:34PM (#30110737)
A 50% reduction in the emissions associated with flying, with no additional changes to the infrastructure involved is a game changer. If we can do this for planes, then ships and trains aren't far off.
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by vanusa on Thursday January 27, 2022 @11:50PM (#30110803)
Yup - that's exactly the take-away they would like the reader to have.

But (as noted in the article I linked to), apparently has significant scalability issues, and (because of sourcing and transport issues) is not "100 percent" emissions-free.

Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by woeirua on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:42PM (#30120090)
So? Something is better than nothing.
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by vanusa on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:23PM (#30121880)
But it's not a ... "game changer".
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by nsxwolf on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:54PM (#30110539)
It would probably fly if it were in both engines, yeah?
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by dijonman2 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:17PM (#30110346)
The modern media is at fault here, not nessecarily the company.
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by robotresearcher on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:46PM (#30110504)
The linked article is a press release from GE, the engine manufacturer, and its headline says 'in one engine' clear as day.

Do you mean the HN headline? As far as I can see, that's the source of consternation.

Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by thatguy0900 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:41PM (#30110485)
A little unfair to blame the company here, no? The fuel is 100% sustainable and it would be illegal to use more than 50% of it here
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by HWR_14 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @11:34PM (#30110736)
It's also unfair to blame the article. The actual press releases headline was correct and precise about this. The only place it got messed up was the HN headline.
Re:United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fue... by animal_spirits on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:38PM (#30110465)
Nothing about it being modern is relevant to them missing specific information here. That's happened for centuries. But I agree nonetheless, we shouldn't fault the company for having a fail-safe