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Air Travel is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise. Now, a group of scientists from ETH, Zurich have devised a way to create carbon neutral air from only sunlight and air.Does the science check out? Does the economics? We investigate.



Sources for The Information In This Video:https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/e... link is the main source for the figure for Aviation and Shipping emissions as 8% of the total.Also has recommendations around alternative fuels.https://www.asme.org/topics-resources... about the cost of Yara Birkland, the battery powered autonomous shiphttps://www.forbes.com/sites/marianne... investing 550 Billion in Hydrogenhttps://www.reuters.com/business/sust... allocates 3.5 Billion for Hydrogen   • Carbon-neutral fuel made from sunligh...  Video made by ETH Zurich for their solar concentratorhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... Published in Nature magazineSolar Parabolic Concentrator, 1kwPrice Per KW of Solar Concentrator is ~1000/KWhttps://www.evwind.es/2020/07/29/the-... of Solar Concentrator $3000/ KWhttps://scitechdaily.com/cheaper-carb... for carbon capture is $50/ tonhttps://www.iea.org/commentaries/is-c... cost of Carbon Capture is $250/tonnehttps://www.calculator.net/loan-calcu... for borrowing initial amount0.2 million = 200k/dayhttps://www.iea.org/commentaries/is-c... of Direct Air Capturehttps://www.lazard.com/perspective/le... of Solar Thermalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... of Most Frequent Flightshttps://www.utilitydive.com/news/chea... Thermal could possibly get much cheaper in the futurehttps://www.travelandleisure.com/trav... Airlines in the Worldhttps://jet-a1-fuel.comCost of Jet Fuelhttps://climateandcapitalism.com/2019... Critique of Biofuels