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Scary : Fuel Shortage Could Ground Firefighting Aircraft Voice of America 14 Jul 2021, 09:05 GMT+10 BOISE, IDAHO - Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season, potentially endangering surrounding communities. Sporadic shortages at some tanker bases in Oregon and Utah have already been reported. The worry is that multiple bases go dry simultaneously during what is shaping up to be a very busy wildfire season in the U.S. West. Tanker bases in Arizona, where many large fires are burning, have also had jet fuel supply issues in the last month. ....
“Our business went to about zero, Haynes said. A lot of trucking companies had to lay off (jet fuel) drivers. What happened with the opening up of the U.S., demand for leisure travel has boomed.” Chris Kunkle is vice president of operations for the Central Coast Jet Center in Santa Maria, California. It’s a private airport known as a fixed based operator that provides services for private jets, such as refueling. It also serves as a Forest Service air tanker base, and is large enough for DC-10 air tankers. “In the blink of an eye, we can have a fire here within our response area that can bring in one to three DC-10s and a bunch of variable-sized air tankers,” he said. “We can go from a couple thousand gallons (3,800 liters) a day to 50,000 (190,000 liters) to 60,000 gallons (227,000 liters)” ....
‘Scary’: Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircrafts during wildfire season Via AP news wire Western Wildfires Jet Fuel Shortage - Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season, potentially endangering surrounding communities. Sporadic shortages at some tanker bases in Oregon and Utah have already been reported. The worry is that multiple bases go dry simultaneously during what is shaping up to be a very busy wildfire season in the U.S. West. Tanker bases in Arizona where many large fires are burning, have also had jet fuel supply issues in the last month. ....
Jet fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft during potentially ferocious wildfire season Share Updated: 3:33 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 By KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press Jet fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft during potentially ferocious wildfire season Share Updated: 3:33 PM CDT Jul 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript while jets are critical for the travel of people and goods around the world, they re not exactly eco friendly. In fact, the BBC reported that an economy class return flight from London to new york creates 0.73 tons of CO two per passenger and accounts for 12% of all CO two emissions. But now scientists have developed an iron based catalyst which they believe could someday allow us to use CO two pulled straight out of the sky to power our planes to make the CO two based fuel experts combined the new iron catalyst, hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide in the reaction chamber and press ....