silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoAirlines say they’ve found a route to climate-friendly flyingwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down13
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkAirlines say they’ve found a route to climate-friendly flyingwww.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoBio fuels are definitely an issue in that regard (and if SAF becomes a thing it can rapidly spin out of control). However, so far the far bigger issue here is the meat industry. Go vegan, save lives, save rainforest.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoMeat isn’t that much bigger than biofuels at this point. In the US, there’s something like equal split of corn consumption and 3:2 meat:bioful on soy. Mind you, the biofuels don’t kick out as much methane, so they’ve got a more limited climate impact.
Bio fuels are definitely an issue in that regard (and if SAF becomes a thing it can rapidly spin out of control). However, so far the far bigger issue here is the meat industry. Go vegan, save lives, save rainforest.
Meat isn’t that much bigger than biofuels at this point. In the US, there’s something like equal split of corn consumption and 3:2 meat:bioful on soy.
Mind you, the biofuels don’t kick out as much methane, so they’ve got a more limited climate impact.