Hydrogen Jet Engine

[godstar23]

• Biobutanol might be an option. Or a heavier version closer to kerosene, produced via some genetically engineered yeasts. Cyberpunk 2020 suggested that, though they called it something else (CHOOH2 to replace gasoline, CHOOH4 to replace diesel and jet fuel, CHOOH6 to replace lube oil. Refers to how many CHOOH groups are hanging off the core molecule). Should require no work to the engines, but there may be some tuning advantages since there's some extra oxygen in the fuel.

Is it really the number of acid groups? That's some branching on CHOOH6...

 

[Scott Kenny]

Is it really the number of acid groups? That's some branching on CHOOH6...

That's what the book says. That's also not the exact chemical formula, just the brand name.