MIT Turns CO₂ and Water Into Jet Fuel Using Only Renewable Energy
Sustainable aviation fuel currently makes up less than 1% of global jet fuel consumption. A new paper in Nature Energy from MIT might explain how to change that — without touching a single crop. Dr. Anya Sharma’s team at MIT has developed an electrochemical cell that takes two inputs — CO₂ (captured from air or industrial sources) and water — and produces jet fuel hydrocarbons. The only energy source: renewable electricity from solar or wind. No biomass. No farmland. No food-vs-fuel tradeoff. ...