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Firm develops jet fuel made entirely from human poo
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Posted on 12/29/2023 4:56:24 PM PST by algore

A new aviation company has developed a type of jet fuel made entirely from human sewage.

Chemists at a lab in Gloucestershire have turned the waste into kerosene.

James Hygate, Firefly Green Fuels CEO, said: "We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant. And of course poo is abundant."

Independent tests by international aviation regulators found it was nearly identical to standard fossil jet fuel.

Firefly's team worked with Cranfield University to examine the fuel's life cycle carbon impact. It concluded that Firefly's fuel has a 90% lower carbon footprint than standard jet fuel.

Mr Hygate, who has been developing low-carbon fuels in Gloucestershire for 20 years, said although the new fuel was chemically just like fossil-based kerosene, it "has no fossil carbon, it's a fossil-free fuel".

"Of course energy would be used (in production), but when looking at the fuel's life cycle, a 90% saving is mind-blowing, so yes, we have to use energy but it is much lower compared to the production of fossil fuels," he added.

Across the world, flying contributes around 2% of global carbon emissions, which contribute to climate change.

It is a small fraction, but growing fast. And taking carbon out of aviation is one of the hardest challenges.

Electric planes are being developed, with a company in the Cotswolds promising hydrogen-electric powered flights for a dozen passengers by 2026.

But it will be years, decades maybe, before mass air travel will be powered by completely new technology.

So finding new, greener ways to make kerosene without using fossil fuels has become a global gold rush.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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KEYWORDS: jetfuel; poo; pooh; whatsthatsmell
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I remember some years ago a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills got criticized for using the fat from his patients to power his old Mercedes-Benz 220d daily driver
1 posted on 12/29/2023 4:56:24 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

Desented I sure hope!


2 posted on 12/29/2023 4:57:34 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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Hey, will that still work when we if we are forced to give up meat in favor of bugs? /s


3 posted on 12/29/2023 4:58:04 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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I read somewhere where Japanese scientists are making meat ( steak ) from human poo. True been for years


4 posted on 12/29/2023 4:58:54 PM PST by forYourChildrenVote4Bush
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To: algore

Never mind the Carbon Hoax, this is very promising news. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade!


5 posted on 12/29/2023 4:59:22 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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For us to fuel the private jets for the rich to attend their environmental award events then they would have to feed us, I see conflict and contradictions in this.


6 posted on 12/29/2023 5:00:32 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: algore

San Francisco could become a net exporter of this fuel.


7 posted on 12/29/2023 5:00:46 PM PST by Antihero101607
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How is the pround Mom of one of those Bio Waste Engineers supposed to tell her girlfriends at the hair salon what her son does for a living? //


8 posted on 12/29/2023 5:01:53 PM PST by lee martell
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But of course poo. Some silly old song we sang in high school included the line, “...and the gas from his @ss blew the cat out the door.”

Wonder whether this inventor heard that song as a child.


9 posted on 12/29/2023 5:04:42 PM PST by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

Wagpoo steaks?!


10 posted on 12/29/2023 5:06:08 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: algore

Brown contrails across the sky.


11 posted on 12/29/2023 5:10:41 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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How much carbon is in our poo?


12 posted on 12/29/2023 5:13:11 PM PST by xp38
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To: algore

13 posted on 12/29/2023 5:14:38 PM PST by Theoria
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To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush

Wyagpoo beef?


14 posted on 12/29/2023 5:15:41 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: outofsalt

Ya beat me.


15 posted on 12/29/2023 5:16:21 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: algore

What’s that I smell?
Is it a plane or is that Uranus?


16 posted on 12/29/2023 5:18:43 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: algore

Cow dung has been traditionally used as a source of energy in India for centuries.


17 posted on 12/29/2023 5:18:48 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: DannyTN

So basically it’s like flying Spirit Airlines.


18 posted on 12/29/2023 5:19:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

Fuel from libtards I knew they were good for something


19 posted on 12/29/2023 5:19:44 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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“has no fossil carbon, it’s a fossil-free fuel”.



20 posted on 12/29/2023 5:38:43 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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