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I think the idea is to use waste cooling oil, meaning oil that was already used for cooking, then blended with whatever to make it more usable as jet fuel and r

by sofixa 4y ago

I think the idea is to use waste cooling oil, meaning oil that was already used for cooking, then blended with whatever to make it more usable as jet fuel and reused. So it wouldn't be a waste of crops, but reuse of a waste product already manufactured and used for other things.

rob74 4y ago
That's nice in theory, but in practice most biofuels in use today are manufactured from food crops. So worries that producing kerosene from cooking oil might worsen the already existing food crisis are not completely unfounded. Related article from today: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/13/halt-use-of-biofuels-to-ease-food-crisis-says-green-group https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/13/halt-use...