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They’re made from a variety of sources like biomass, animal fat, and recycled oils.

SAF has been in use at certain airports since 2016. SAF works fine in modern jet engines, and also, I have news for you… SAF is already being used on certain flights and you just don’t know it. While this may scare some people who don’t understand sustainable fuel, there’s nothing to worry about. JetBlue is also committing to the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights departing out of San Fransisco. Sustainable Fuel The engine of JetBlue’s A321 (Photo Courtesy of JetBlue) JetBlue is expecting to offset between 15-17 billion pounds of CO2 every year.Ģ. JetBlue will be working with the Carbon Fund, South Pole, and EcoAct to go completely carbon neutral on all domestic flights. That carbon-offset company then donates your money in the form of grants to nonprofits around the world that work on things like installing solar panels and wind turbines or planting trees. It works like this: Someone would donate a certain amount of money to a carbon-offset company to make up for their carbon footprint. Some donate “per mile traveled” or “per gallon of fuel used” or even “per ticket price.”

In carbon-offsetting, you donate money to environmental nonprofits to make up for the carbon being emitted by your travels. JetBlue has been using carbon-offset programs since 2008. CARBON OFFSETTING A JetBlue flight landing (Photo Courtesy of JetBlue)