Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to I'll just bait the hook a little....

Been There, done that.

We already discussed WHY nothing else is used for fuelling aircraft.

Hydrocarbons are safer, cheaper, lighter, cleaner *, better, and they work.

They will be in the future, too, even if we have to make them specially for the job.

Learn from your prior postings, or shut up.

* cleaner overall. Although specific pollutants are undesirable, alternative fuels like hydrogen have unexpected pollution problems like enormously elevated NOx output due to high burn temperature, and higher full-cycle pollution due to the need for more exotic materials in the fuel supply system and engine components.

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