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From chip shop to pit stop – scientists make cooking oil biofuel as efficient as diesel (www.kcl.ac.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I admit I'm not the most chemistry-literate - so correct me if I'm wrong here - but since "Road Haulage" already has battery-powered vehicles starting to roll out, it seems a better direction to work towards than still burning things. This might be useful as a mid-way step if existing vehicles can use it, but only if it appears on the market (and makes significant market penetration) relatively soon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Aviation is also mentioned, which (to me) is a bigger deal here. The only viable alternative to burning jet fuel is to get from A to B much, much more slowly. Which is great and something we should be doing! But realistically...not gonna happen anytime soon.