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New fuel, same planes: Inside the bid to clean up air travel with cooking oil and captured carbon
A Washington startup and a Montana refinery are turning captured carbon, cooking oil and animal fats into cleaner jet fuel that today’s airplanes can burn.
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A Washington‑based startup is partnering with a refinery in Montana to convert captured carbon, used cooking oil and animal fats into sustainable aviation fuel that existing aircraft can burn. The resulting SAF aims to reduce aviation’s climate impact, but industry analysts say the market must rapidly expand and lower prices to meet the roughly 20 billion gallons of jet fuel consumed each year in the United States.
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