As discussions continue to ramp up around biofuel adoption for vehicles, people are looking for other ways they can also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has the potential to reduce carbon emissions from flying by 80 percent, but is the United States ready to make this change?
Former American Soybean Association Chairman Ron Moore said that while many large soybean processors have already started to build facilities to process soybean oil into sustainable aviation fuel, there isn’t a big pull to start growing more beans.
“I think it will come but it’s going to come because the market is working the way markets should. There is a demand, people will build buildings or build processing plants,” said Moore. “What I am worried about is if you have government policies that artificially create demand that isn’t there yet, then we are going to fall short of producing enough soybeans to meet the demand.”
According to the Office of Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy, the current administration has challenged the production of SAF to reach 35 billion gallons per year by 2050 with a near-term goal of 3 billion gallons per year by 2030.
