Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing

Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by devoutsalsa on Sunday August 07, 2022 @09:20PM (#32381551)

Personally I’d like to see mass adoption of synthetic fuel made from the air for use cases where liquid fuel is the only practical solution. Like HIF Global’s plan to make synthetic fuel for about 8 USD per gallon (4.5 liters).

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/04/porsche-invests-75-mill...

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by ZeroGravitas on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:20AM (#32383090)

Part of the EU plan is to force a 1% blend of this in all jet fuel sold in the EU and slowly ratchet up the percentage over time.

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by collegeburner on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:46PM (#32381990)

yep gas is like 100 times more energy dense as lithium ion iirc so there's cases where it's just a better "battery". there's also a big carbon cost to replacing all the huge number of gas engines we have. so like what HIF Global wants to do using electricity to make gas can be a good solution.

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by beojan on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:06PM (#32382083)

$8 per US gallon (3.8 L), not imperial gallon.

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by devoutsalsa on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:53PM (#32382264)

Thanks for the correction. I missed that.

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by pedalpete on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:32PM (#32381923)

There is lots of research in this area, along with renewable jet fuels, hydrogen, and electric powered jets.

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