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You know that burning even more fossil fuels will kill even more of us, but you’re doing this anyway? We can scarcely believe it! Make Enbridge fix every single gas leak in Massachusetts. There are so many the savings probably exceed the intake of this craziness

‘let us not be scared of the work because it's hard let us move the mountain because the mountain must move.’ Danez Smith

No one cares until it’s too late.

Until warnings become reality.
Until the fire reaches their door.
Until the system fails someone they love.

But justice & change are needed before the breaking point.

Justice demands more than words, it demands action. So, let’s do the work.

Thoreau’s Lament: A poem from the beyond. “Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.

Check out Thoreau’s poem from beyond the grave at:
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Of all the foul dictators currently in place around the world this one is surely one of the foulest.

Massport complicity!

In #Paris at Place #Bastille (of course) 💪 #NoKings #NoKingsProtest #PasDesRois #WeAreAmericans

A few hundred Americans of all ages standing in dappled sun with flags and signs

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

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Private Jet Hangars at Hanscom Field and the Stewardship of Walden Pond Environmental Impact of Private Jet Expansion

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Peter Watson on Substack Henry David Thoreau is very upset. The noise of jet’s taking off and landing over his grave have already disturbed his slumbers. However, at a recent midnight press conference on Author’s Hill in the ...

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The problem with used cooking oil as a sustainable aviation fuel 1) Used cooking oil can supply no more than 5% of global fuel needs, even with perfect collection world-wide.

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The aviation industry, conscious of its contribution to global warming is attempting to greenwash their image with the promise of Sustainable Aviation Fuels. It won’t work!

Our friend, climate scientist Rose Abramoff @ultracricket.bsky.social, is speaking out on behalf of the 21 activists who spent 13 months in court, persecuted for protesting proposed expansion of private jet infrastructure at #Hanscom Field. @massgovernor.bsky.social when will you take a stand?

I’m working to disprove a specious argument by Massport that their plan to build 17 new private jet hangars at a local airfield will not increase pollution because we will be using “sustainable aviation fuels”

Thank you for this Jeff. However, we may be comparing apples and oranges. My delve into available info focused on ethanol from corn as opposed to forest sources.

Hey Jeff, thanks for the supportive comment. I did a bit more research today and worked out the attached diagram. It refers to ethanol derived from corn as opposed to forests, but the intent is similar. I’m not a math genius so, if you feel like checking my numbers I would appreciate it enormously.

It would be a major mistake for policymakers to enshrine these nascent SAFs in legislation now.

Doing so would cement a harmful myth: that SAFs are already clean, green, and scalable — when reality says otherwise. #ClimateJustice #StopGreenwashing #AviationEmissions #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

While some SAF types are technologically feasible, most remain experimental or lab-stage.

Despite the hype, these fuels are not proven, scalable, or widely available solutions today — yet policy conversations treat them as such.

Greenwashing Legislation:
By bundling SAFs with legitimate clean energy in legislation like S.2251/H.3576, we risk legitimizing aviation industry greenwashing.

Most SAF optimism comes from industry-led narratives pushing indefinite aviation growth under a "green" mask.

Social Justice Concerns:
These vast resources would largely benefit the privileged minority who fly.

Less than 20% of people worldwide have ever flown, yet SAF policies would divert land, water, and funds from meeting basic human needs to sustain luxury travel.

Production Scale Impossibility:
US SAF production is currently 15.8M gallons a year. To hit the 2050 target? We'd need a mind-boggling 227,400% increase.

That means building 170–328 new large biorefineries every year, costing $15–115B annually. Not remotely feasible.

Environmental Damage:
Crop-based SAF demand = deforestation, lost carbon sinks, biodiversity destruction, and undermining climate goals.

This is why the EU excludes crop-based biofuels from their SAF definition. It threatens ecosystems and our food supply.

Food Security Threats:
The most feasible SAF option — crop-based biofuels — would require converting vast amounts of farmland from food to fuel.

To meet the US goal of 35B gallons by 2050 would take all US corn land, plus 20% more. This threatens global food security and would spike food prices.

Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) — and why the current push for them might be doing more harm than good. A thread. 🧵

Just this…….

Just this!