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Abby Wright's avatar

I didn't realize that biofuel involved a lot of deforestation. I'd heard of people looking at biofuel made from garbage, but I do understand that new and emerging solutions can be complicated and most likely very expensive without significant investment.

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Sid Jalan's avatar

Well if it was to replace traditional fuels, the amount of organic material required would rise exponentially. And an easy source would be plants and trees. So it has the potential for deforestation, but maybe they find a way around it.

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Abby Wright's avatar

Let's hope! It's a bit older, but I thought you might find this podcast episode interesting about biofuel from trash - [Reversing Climate Change] 68: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Biofuel—with Stephen Johnson of Illinois Clean Fuels & Mark Fitz of Star Oilco #reversingClimateChange

https://anchor.fm/s/23e4da18/podcast/play/14465924/sponsor/a2b4g48/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-05-29%2Fb3c9f76d987d9e18ae79c9016519b4ab.m4a

Would love to hear your thoughts!

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Sid Jalan's avatar

This is a fantastic podcast episode. Thank you for sharing. There is so much to unpack from this I don't think a comment would be sufficient. What struck out to me are the small shifts that are happening with fuel. The concept of creating cleaner jet fuel with less sulphur and using suppressions systems was fascinating. There is a lot of pushback from people saying it's not enough, but every step helps. We aren't going to leapfrog in an instant, and companies like this help in the transition to a zero emission future.

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Abby Wright's avatar

Yes! That's why I love these conversations, and why I'm so glad there are people like you and like this podcast by Nori to help us discover what's possible.

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Sid Jalan's avatar

Thank you Abby. Just glad to be having this conversation. And to listen to people like Nori.

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