Finding non-fossil sustainable resources which could replace traditional fuels should be a priority objective because “we are approaching a climate tipping point,” President Droupadi Murmu said on Saturday while addressing a conference organised by the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI) to commemorate its 75th Anniversary. The President added that to reduce the carbon footprint, “we need to rapidly adopt new propulsion technologies at a large scale” including electric, hydrogen and hybrid.
“The development of sustainable jet fuels is one of the much-needed steps to decarbonise the economy but it is hardest to achieve because traditional fuels are of very high density,” the President said. “Decarbonisation of aero-propulsion is an onerous task we will have to undertake because climate change and global warming are threatening the very existence of humans,” she stated.
