Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet - sans cargo/paying passengers - crossed the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday (London-to-New York) using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). </p><p>SAF is used cooking oil + waste animal fat + “synthetic aromatic kerosene made from waste corn.”</p><p>“Engines in commercial use are not yet certified to fly on more than 50% SAF and the vast majority of flights blend in a much lower amount of SAF with traditional jet fuel.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NotSustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotSustainable</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/virgin-atlantic-jet-lift-off-maiden-transatlantic-flight-low-carbon-fuel-2023-11-28/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/vir</span><span class="invisible">gin-atlantic-jet-lift-off-maiden-transatlantic-flight-low-carbon-fuel-2023-11-28/</span></a></p>