Bergero heard on Marketplace

On the February 22nd broadcast of NPR's Marketplace, AirUCI grad student Candelaria Bergero (Davis group) was interviewed about a recent study on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Unlike the automotive industry, aviation is considered a “hard to decarbonize sector”.  “I think we all benefit from flying,” she said. “So if we could find a way to do this without harming the planet, I think it’d be very beneficial.”  But not all SAF is created equal.  “When we say ‘sustainable aviation fuels,’ we kind of imply that they’re all the same, but they’re not.  For example, if the energy powering a biofuels production plant comes from fossil fuels, that can cancel out carbon savings,” Candelaria said.   Read and hear the interview