From: Rmy.MERCIER.21k2xn@spacebanter.com   
      
   bob_jenkins@burtleburtle.net Wrote:   
   > How come the commercial airlines use jet fuel rather than LOX/H2?  I   
   > would have thought LOX/H2 would be lighter and would give the planes a   
   > longer range.  Is petroleum just cheaper?   
      
   Gas instead of kerosene was studied in the 1990s. In the future we'll   
   see very large planes (kerosene will desapear 100 years before gas).   
   Imagine a A380 with the first level full with gas. To build A380 was an   
   intelligent move.   
   Rémy   
      
      
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