Imagine someone promising you could eat three banana split sundaes a day and lose 50 lbs. in a month, no exercise required. You’d be skeptical, right?
How about this one: Private developers proposing to double the amount of hangar space for private luxury jets at Hanscom Field claim this will reduce the number of private jet flights and reduce carbon emissions.
Independent research has debunked this. The private jet lobby claims that “sustainable aviation fuels” will reduce its carbon footprint, which the developer’s proposal also mentions. But while there is a tiny nugget of possibility for alternative sources of fuel, there is currently no realistic or scalable alternative to kerosene-based fuels that would meet current aviation needs, let alone projections for future growth.
The question remains whether Governor Maura Healey will stop this massive expansion from going forward.