In general, you're right, but jet fuel is one of the few things that we can't just "stop burning" right now. You simply can't replace jet fuel with batteries -- the energy density isn't there.
If some form of clean fuel were discovered, it would be amazing for air travel while we transition to electric planes, which will take a decade or more.
This is not that clean fuel, obviously, but we shouldn't discount fuels entirely.
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In general, you're right, but jet fuel is one of the few things that we can't just "stop burning" right now. You simply can't replace jet fuel with batteries -- the energy density isn't there.
If some form of clean fuel were discovered, it would be amazing for air travel while we transition to electric planes, which will take a decade or more.
This is not that clean fuel, obviously, but we shouldn't discount fuels entirely.