Current Events > RAF plane first ever zero emisions flight using 100% synthetic petroleum.

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As nations get more and more serious about climate change, certain sectors are finding it a more difficult subject than others. Commercial and military aviation for example, or racing series like F1 and NASCAR, dont currently enjoy many zero-emissions developments.

Now, however, a Formula One legend has partnered with the British Royal Air Force to create a zero-emissions fuel alternative for these activities, and they were just rewarded with a Guinness World Record for the first-ever flight test using synthetic petroleum.

It was the morning of November 2nd when an Icarus C42 ultra-light plane launched from Cotswold Airport to complete a short flight using Zero Petroleums synthetic UL91 fuel.
UL91 is just hydrogen extracted from water and carbon extracted from atmospheric CO2, done by machines powered by renewable electricity. These are then synthesized to create a zero-emissions fuel which Zero Petroleum say can be used for crucial for sectors in which electrification is not currently an option, including aviation, agriculture and a wide range of high-performance vehicles.

Its hard to imagine, with an invention as potentially critical as zero-emissions aviation fuel, how quickly this all went through: from first-planning to testing needed just five months from Zero Petroleum, run by F1 royalty Paddy Lowe.

Lowe, who contributed to 12 world championships with his time at the McLaren, Williams, and Mercedes racing teams, added that the fuel ran successfully in the aircraft as a whole-blend without any modification whatsoever to the aircraft or the engine.

The engine manufacturer Rotaxs measurements and the test pilots observations showed no difference in power or general performance compared to standard fossil fuel, he said.
The RAF see it as a chief innovation towards the force becoming carbon-neutral by 2040.

Climate change is a transnational challenge which threatens global resilience and our shared security and prosperity, said Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston. I am determined to tackle this head on and this exciting project to make aviation fuel from air and water shows how it might be done.

Other methods of greening aviation have seen devices that catalyze atmospheric CO2 into jet fuel right onboard the aircraft, while carinata, a mustard-like oil seed crop, could be used to create a more sustainable jet fuel alternative capable of reducing emissions by 68%, and is being grown in the American Southwest in a trial.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/royal-air-force-zero-petroleum-receive-world-record-for-synthetic-petrol-flight/

Star Trek called it:

https://youtu.be/7sYJinHOvwM

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The UK leads the way again.

Health posted...

The UK leads the way again.

lol good one

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Thanks Obama

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UnfairRepresent posted...

https://youtu.be/7sYJinHOvwM

LOL, I actually just took a shot while watching that.

Anyway, I would say, F1 was sort of ahead of the curve on lowering emissions.
To the point that is sort of pissed of some of the fans.
Not that they stopped watching, but they miss the roar of the old engines.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

lol good one

Thanks, I love living here.

If it burns, it creates emissions.

Questionmarktarius posted...

If it burns, it creates emissions.

You say that like The Sun doesn't exist.
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SiO4 posted...

You say that like The Sun doesn't exist.

Umm

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SiO4 posted...

You say that like The Sun doesn't exist.

So you ..think the Sun has no emissions?

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Ryangrad posted...

So you ..think the Sun has no emissions?

I was joking. Solar wind is a thing.
And I am a huge fan of Solar energy.
Which is basically all we are.
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Hell, the sun is the largest cause of global warming there is.
It would be quite cold here otherwise.

KneeOnBest posted...

Thanks Obama

lol

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