Company in England experiments with human waste to produce a 'net zero' aviation fuel

[rk911]

When I first saw the headine I just poo-poo'ed it. But if successful there'd be an abundance of raw, umm, material.

https://justthenews.com/search?text=Company+in+England+experiments+with+human+waste+to+produce+a

 

[Ashara Keliyn]

I smell (no pun) a STC for new type of seat, plumbed directly to the fuel tank. Generate fuel while you fly.

 

[PaulS]

Yes, this stinks, crappy idea.

 

[Mahneuvers]

...Generate fuel while you fly.

Could you log it?

 

[DavidWhite]

Could you log it?

There will be logs, no doubt about it.

 

[Ashara Keliyn]

The gascolator will have a whole new meaning and function.

 

[Albany Tom]

So if the goal is to make something that pretends to be CO2 neutral, but isn't really, then I think it has a chance. Because as I see it, all of the neutral CO2 that they call "carbon" things are in the same category. People are far from CO2 neutral, but this still makes more sense than cutting down trees to put up solar panels.

But if it's supposed to be real, then I think it's just silly. Locally a company tried something as seemingly straightforward as a garbage incinerator that was energy (not CO2) neutral, and quickly discovered that it was an environmental disaster. Way too many chemicals, particulates, and metals being discharged, unless they did a lot of extra heating and made it a giant energy sink.

 

[PaulS]

It has a chance, until you think about it and understand how much aviation fuel is consumed in one day. Then you realize that oil will be around for a long time or we’ll be walking.

 

[Shepherd]

Someone has to say it..
I'm not putting that shxt in my plane!
There, I said it.

 

[eman1200]

if the fbo is out of fuel will the notam say "no sh#t"?

 

[X3 Skier]

I’m calling BS on this.

 

[Racerx]

if the fbo is out of fuel will the notam say "no sh#t"?

What would be the abbreviation for sh#t?

 

[MauleSkinner]

I smell (no pun) a STC for new type of seat, plumbed directly to the fuel tank. Generate fuel while you fly.

Trouble is, you have an emergency that scares you ****less, it’s compounded by an engine failure.

 

[bflynn]

Are the adding the agent to flush your cylinders after flying?

 

[SoonerAviator]

This idea is ripe for mass production, but is #2 behind algae biomass for energy production per acre.

 

[MauleSkinner]

Are the adding the agent to flush your cylinders after flying?

imagine the paperwork that will be required!

 

[Mahneuvers]

I always thought Sheetz was a strange gas station brand name. Maybe they were visionaries with Avgas expansion plans.

This thread is too similar to this one where I exhausted my poop puns. I don't want to waste your time on repeats.

 

[MauleSkinner]

This thread is too similar to this one where I exhausted my poop puns. I don't want to waste your time on repeats.

Poop puns are always appropriate, whether or not they’re repeats…poop humor is the highest form of humor.

My middle daughter disagrees, but she will admit they’re a solid #2.

 

[Hang 4]

What would be the abbreviation for sh#t?

BM

 

[Tarheelpilot]

I’m calling BS on this.

Wouldn’t it be PS?

 

[unsafervguy]

I’m calling BS on this.

wouldn't that be a methane system?

 

[PaulMillner]

The total sewage supply of the United Kingdom would meet 5% of the country’s total aviation fuel demand.

That's a bit of a scale-up problem. The challenge isn't turning one carbon form to another... we have legions of processes to do that. The issue is that it takes energy to drive such reactions... and that energy generally liberates CO2. Kind of sounds like corporate click bait.

Paul