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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:08AM (#32483790)
They appear to have signed a deal with YCombinator startup Prometheous Fuels to supply the SAF fuel, with carbon offsets to cover other carbon costs.

https://www.prometheusfuels.com/

(very cool website, not sure if thats a good or a bad thing)

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by solardev on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:35AM (#32484207)
> (very cool website, not sure if thats a good or a bad thing)

Maybe I'm just old-school, but this was sooooo annoying. It'd be a cool intro to a Telltale game or something, but having it take over all the navigation (scrolling barely works, getting to the point takes forever) to tell its fancy 3d story was just a waste of my time, IMO. I want to know how their fuels work, not that they can hire someone to make a 3D game intro inside their browser. Just unnecessary shiny that gets in the way of usability :(

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by KolmogorovComp on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:59PM (#32488035)
Cool site indeed. Unfortunately (but expectedly) experts are challenging the feasibility of it: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/25/1050899/promethe...
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by replygirl on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:35AM (#32484213)
carbon capture to fuels is pretty cool! wonder how much of the capture will run off gas or battery :|
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