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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by jameshart on Friday March 22, 2024 @02:20PM (#39793296)
“Designed to run on up to 100%” says nothing about what percentage it will in practice operate on in service.

I am capable of running on a sustainable diet of 100% nutrient balanced meals and a strictly controlled daily calorie intake. In practice, I’m operating on a mixture of pizza and Oreos right now.

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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by rbanffy on Friday March 22, 2024 @02:29PM (#39793369)
SAF is a good investment - it allows us to use the current airplanes while we transition the shorter distances to electrics. It also allows for a gradual infrastructure transition, because you can run a jet engine with any mix of kerosene and SAF.
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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by Someone on Friday March 22, 2024 @02:41PM (#39793490)
And even if it runs on 100% sustainable air fuel 100% of the time, that fuel is better used powering more efficient planes.

It’s not as if we’re having surplus production of sustainable air fuel, or will have it any time soon.

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Re:Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Air... by JumpCrisscross on Friday March 22, 2024 @02:48PM (#39793569)
> not as if we’re having surplus production of sustainable air fuel

You want to spur an industry by rationing its customers?

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