Making Air Travel More Sustainable Is Easier Than We Think

A new study reveals a realistic pathway to cleaning up our air travels.

Nature Sustainability

“We demonstrate that it is within reach for the United States to decarbonize the fuel used by commercial aviation, without having to wait for electrification of aircraft propulsion,” Nazli Uludere Aragon, a sustainability researcher at ASU and co-author on the study, said in a statement. However, the ASU researchers found that miscanthus grass can grow easily on such lands. Moreover, it doesn’t pose a threat to the soil or surrounding ecosystems. The crop can then be turned into an effective biofuel for airplanes much in the same way corn is used to create ethanol for cars.

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