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Chinese team pioneers path to turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel as prices soar

Chinese scientists are moving technology that converts greenhouse gases into aviation fuel out of the laboratory and towards large-scale production. Global jet fuel prices surged to US$175 a barrel in March – a year-on-year leap of 94.4 per cent – and broke through the US$200 mark in April, more tha

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Chinese team pioneers path to turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel as prices soar

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Chinese scientists are moving technology that converts greenhouse gases into aviation fuel out of the laboratory and towards large-scale production.

Global jet fuel prices surged to US$175 a barrel in March – a year-on-year leap of 94.4 per cent – and broke through the US$200 mark in April, more than doubling the cost from a year earlier. Fuel costs have forced airlines to cancel flights.

As energy prices spiked amid the war on Iran, a team from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the...

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Chinese team pioneers path to turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel as prices soar

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