{"id":290255,"date":"2023-12-06T20:41:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290255"},"modified":"2023-12-06T20:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:41:51","slug":"turning-food-into-jet-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290255","title":{"rendered":"Turning Food into Jet Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"290260\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=290260\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290260\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen \u2014 6 December 2023<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"290256\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=290256\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0featured_jet-fuel_300.webp?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0featured_jet-fuel_300\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0featured_jet-fuel_300.webp?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0featured_jet-fuel_300.webp?resize=300%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290256\" style=\"width:450px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the absolutely nuttier ideas to come out of the climate change \/ anti-fossil fuels mania of modern times comes from the international airlines business.&nbsp; They are being pushed by governments and getting &nbsp;unending pressure to signal their virtue by visibly climbing aboard the \u201cStop Fossil Fuels Now\u201d bandwagon.&nbsp; The hitch is, as we all know, is that airplanes need fuel to fly and currently, fossil fuels are the only choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, thanks to the venerable&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Old%20Gray%20Lady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Old Gray Lady<\/a>, we are now informed, with interactive media, &nbsp;that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/30\/climate\/airlines-jet-fuel-ethanol-corn.html\">\u201cAirlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets with Corn\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/30\/climate\/airlines-jet-fuel-ethanol-corn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cCarriers want to replace jet fuel with ethanol to fight global warming. That would require lots of corn, and lots of water.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The headline is simultaneously literal and tongue-in-cheek \u2013 the (I am fighting the urge to use the phrase \u201ccorny idea\u201d) concept is to replace the more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jet_fuel\">usual jet fuels<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethanol\">ethanol<\/a>&nbsp;made from corn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cEthanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3CH2OH. It is an alcohol, with its formula also written as C2H5OH, C2H6O or EtOH, where Et stands for ethyl. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like odor and pungent taste. It is a psychoactive recreational drug, and the active ingredient in alcoholic drinks.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>[ source&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethanol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Wiki<\/a>&nbsp;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Ethanol is \u201calcohol\u201d of the same type one finds in their whiskey, vodka, gin, moonshine, beer and now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=alcoholic+fruit+drinks&amp;client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;sca_esv=588067978&amp;ei=hF5vZermEbSYptQPxMOr6AI&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjquNjf6fiCAxU0jIkEHcThCi0Q4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=alcoholic+fruit+drinks&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFmFsY29ob2xpYyBmcnVpdCBkcmlua3MyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEcyBBAAGEdIrekBULDgAViw4AFwAXgCkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEDyAEA-AEC-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA-IDBBgAIEHiAwUSATEgQIgGAZAGCA&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fruit drinks<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethanol is a fairly simple hydrocarbon composed entirely of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen.&nbsp;&nbsp; Products of its complete combustion are CO<sub>2&nbsp;<\/sub>and H<sub>2<\/sub>O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWait,\u201d you say, \u201creplacing fossil fuels with ethanol will still produce CO<sub>2<\/sub>?\u201d&nbsp; Of course it will, they are both, jet fuels and ethanol, primarily hydrocarbons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So why make the switch?&nbsp; Already, in the U.S.A.,&nbsp;<em>\u201cToday, nearly 40 percent of America\u2019s corn crop is turned into ethanol, up from around 10 percent in the mid-2000s. This was largely because of government mandates that began in 2005 requiring gasoline to be mixed with minimum amounts of renewable fuel.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;[ NY Times,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/11\/30\/climate\/airlines-jet-fuel-ethanol-corn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">linked article<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 hereafter just NYT ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much ethanol are they talking about for automotive gasoline each year?&nbsp; \u201c<strong>14 billion gallons\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>\u201c\u2026.<\/em><\/strong><em>the 135 billion gallons of finished motor gasoline consumed in the United States contained about&nbsp;<strong>14 billion gallons<\/strong>&nbsp;of fuel ethanol.\u201d &nbsp;<\/em>[ source \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.php?id=27&amp;t=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US EIA<\/a>&nbsp;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much fossil fuel-based jet fuel is burned each year?&nbsp; In 2019 commercial&nbsp;<strong>95 billion gallons<\/strong>&nbsp;of jet fuel were consumed. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eesi.org\/papers\/view\/fact-sheet-the-growth-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-commercial-aviation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;source<\/a>&nbsp;]. The Covid panic reduced that somewhat, but the total is expected to reach that again this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To replace all of the fossil-fuel-based jet fuel would require, if all things were equal (which they are not) another&nbsp;<strong>95 billion gallons of ethanol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. already uses up to 40% of its total corn crop to produce the measly\u00a0<em>14 billion<\/em>\u00a0gallons of ethanol mixed into gasoline.\u00a0 It would take 250% of today\u2019s total U.S. \u00a0corn crop [ something wrong with my math here \u2013 a little help? \u2013 kh ] to produce the 95 billions gallons of ethanol to replace jet fuels \u2013 not even considering the number of additional ethanol plans that would be needed.\u00a0 Of course, the U.S. need not carry the whole ethanol load necessary to replace worldwide jet fuel use, but it gives us some idea of the magnitude of the suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"395\" data-attachment-id=\"290258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=290258\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-152.png?fit=720%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,395\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-152\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-152.png?fit=720%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-152.png?resize=720%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290258\" style=\"width:637px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-152.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-152.png?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In acreage of land planted in corn, that would be an increase from 100 million acres to 250 million acres.&nbsp; Much of that acreage would have to be irrigated and aquifers in the mid-west corn belt are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/magazine\/article\/vanishing-midwest-ogallala-aquifer-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famously overtaxed already.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other sugar crops such as sugar cane and sugar beets can be used to make ethanol using the same processes as for corn.&nbsp; Ethanol can also be produced from almost any plant materials even &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/afdc.energy.gov\/fuels\/ethanol_feedstocks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cellulosic feedstocks<\/a>, such as crop residues and wood\u2014though this is not as common.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But wait, there\u2019s more:&nbsp; ethanol does not contain the same amount of energy per gallon as jet fuel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jet Fuel contain approximately 135,000 BTUs per gallon.&nbsp; Ethanol contains only 76,330 Btu\/gallon which is only 56% of the energy in jet fuel.&nbsp; Thus, many more gallons of ethanol will be needed \u2013 around 130 billion gallons of ethanol to replace the 95 billion gallons of jet fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the CO<sub>2&nbsp;<\/sub>emissions side, burning 1 kg of jet fuel produces about 9.3 kg of CO<sub>2&nbsp;<\/sub>whereas burning 1 kg of ethanol only produces 5.7 kg of CO<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp; That\u2019s about 2\/3s as much CO<sub>2&nbsp;<\/sub>per kg\u2026.but, as above, ethanol doesn\u2019t have as much energy per kg (or BTUs per gallon) as jet fuel \u2013 only about 2\/3s as much, to the actual reduction in CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;has to be calculated taking into account the extra ethanol that has to be burned or the same energy return.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there is the idea of burning food to power jet airplanes.&nbsp; Of the world\u2019s current 8 billion humans, just under 10% do not get enough food to eat \u2013 do not get enough basic calories, not to mention vitamins, proteins, micro-nutrients \u2013 they just plain do not get&nbsp;<em>enough food<\/em>.&nbsp; Corn is good food.&nbsp; Land used to grow corn for jet fuel could grow other food or other basics grains which, if transported to areas of need, would help resolve that problem.&nbsp; Corn and other grains are also food for animals raised as food \u2013 chickens, pigs, cattle, sheep, rabbits and goats that provide high quality protein around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember, because this idea touches on the topics of fossil fuels, the environment, agriculture, animals as food and fresh water use, there is and will be a great deal of controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Bottom Lines:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.&nbsp; It is my opinion that it is ill-advised, bordering on criminally negligent, to convert much needed food into fuels for cars or for airplanes, when so many people are in want of basic calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.&nbsp; Whether or not any real world&nbsp;<em><u>net reduction<\/u><\/em>&nbsp;in CO<sub>2 &nbsp;<\/sub>would result from a shift from jet fuels to ethanol in air transportation is questionable.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arable_land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arable land<\/a>&nbsp;is just too precious to be wasted in the misguided effort to grow corn in order to replace jet fuel with ethanol \u2013 given that arable land could be used to grow better food for the underfed peoples of the world. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong># # # # #<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Author\u2019s Comment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, growing five times more corn so that it can be turned into ethanol is just a stinking rotten idea when there are plentiful fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revisiting the idea if and when fossil fuels \u2018run out\u2019 might get my vote \u2013 but I doubt it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we must, for some as yet unknown reason, restrict emission from airplanes, then forbidding our governments from flying politicians around the world all the time would be my first suggestion.&nbsp; Junketing businessmen and women would be next on the list \u2013 let them have video conferences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OK, in truth, whole books and journals full of research would be needed to cover this topic and do it justice.&nbsp; I\u2019m just sticking with \u201cBad Idea\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Watts Up With That? Guest Opinion by Kip Hansen \u2014 6 December 2023 One of the absolutely nuttier ideas to come out of the climate change \/ anti-fossil fuels mania of modern times comes from the international airlines business.&nbsp; They are being pushed by governments and getting &nbsp;unending pressure to signal their virtue by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":290260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"One of the absolutely nuttier ideas to come out of the climate change \/ anti-fossil fuels mania of modern times comes from the international airlines business.\u00a0","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691825105,691825107,691818056,691818076,691825106,691818241,691821920,691818154],"class_list":{"0":"post-290255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-anti-fossil-fuels","9":"tag-cellulosic-feedstocks","10":"tag-climate-change","11":"tag-co2","12":"tag-ethanol","13":"tag-food","14":"tag-jet-fuel","15":"tag-net-zero","17":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/05763b2_e0c53828335b45ffab9758e66a0a6a44mv2.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1dvx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":225069,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=225069","url_meta":{"origin":290255,"position":0},"title":"Alex Epstein is Winning (humanism, progress = mineral energies)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/21\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Germany is suffering the most. 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