Used Cooking Oil for Aviation Fuel

About this episode

This episode discusses the innovative use of spent cooking oil as a sustainable aviation fuel with Dr. Colin Murphy.

An innovative approach to addressing oil waste proposes using spent cooking oil as airline fuel. This week, we talked to Dr. Colin Murphy, co-director of the ITS-Davis Low Carbon Fuel Policy Research Initiative, about this solution. For a transcript, please visit climatebreak.org/used-cooking-oil-for-aviation-fuel/

People in this episode

Host: Berkeley Law

Guest: Dr. Colin Murphy

Topics covered

• aviation fuel
• cooking oil
• oil waste
• sustainability
• low carbon solutions

Keywords

• cooking oil
• aviation fuel
• oil waste
• sustainability
• low carbon fuel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ITS-Davis Low Carbon Fuel Policy Research Initiative, Berkeley Law

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