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🗓️ 8 November 2024
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Today, you’ll learn about a more sustainable jet fuel made from trees, how a new process allows you to 3D print glass, and why feeding coral reefs might save them from heat stress.
Plant Jet Fuel
3D-Printed Glass
Feeding Coral
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0:40.1 | This is Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
0:42.2 | I'm Nate. |
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0:45.9 | I'm Callie. |
0:46.7 | Today, you'll learn about a more sustainable jet fuel made from trees, |
0:51.3 | how a new process allows you to 3D print glass and why feeding coral reefs might save |
0:57.1 | them from heat stress. |
0:58.6 | All right, let's get into it. |
1:00.3 | By some estimates, for every kilogram of jet fuel burned, over three kilos of CO2 are produced. |
1:06.6 | Meanwhile, global aviation fuel consumption is nearing 100 billion gallons every single year. |
1:12.5 | In other words, the fuel that takes us skyward is a pretty huge contributor to climate change. |
1:17.5 | So I read somewhere that in the past 30 years or so, the amount of flying we do has nearly quadruple. |
1:22.7 | That includes freight and shipping, obviously, but it is a huge leap. And while fuel efficiency of our jets |
1:28.7 | has increased pretty dramatically, it's estimated that aviation accounts for around 2.5% of the world's |
1:34.9 | CO2 emissions. That's why there's been a race to find a new path. Totally. And you can't go on |
1:40.0 | social media these days without seeing some crazy video of an electric plane prototype or reading |
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