Reply to post: No. Problem!

Rolls-Royce, EasyJet fire up first hydrogen-fueled jet engine

Tom Paine

No. Problem!

Liquid hydrogen takes up too much space and hasn't the energy density to get anywhere near jet-A and the like. Absent an entirely unexpected breakthrough in battery technology - well, physics trumps technology, so It's either 'sustainable aviation fuels' (problematic in their own right) or we need to pack in 95% of mass aviation. Or the earth is doomed. My money's on doomed, TBPH.

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