Climate Group Says All World’s Biofuel Won’t Meet Airline Demand

Clean Air Task Force says in report that all of the world’s biofuel won’t be enough to meet aviation’s projected jet-fuel demand

• Full substitution for kerosene would require fourfold increase in biofuel output by 2030 and almost fivefold by 2040, assuming all such fuel was reserved for aviation, non-profit says
• Tools to achieve decarbonization currently absent; ‘biofuels simply won’t get us where we need to be,” says Jonathan Lewis, group’s director for transportation
• Report urges governments to adopt measures including:
  • tax credits/subsidies to encourage biofuel production
  • tighter emissions regulations to accelerate demand
  • increased investment in R&D and deployment of ...