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How a Texas Factory Is Making Jet Fuel from Cow Manure
In this episode of The Manufacturing Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how a Texas-based startup is turning dairy farm waste into synthetic jet fuel. They break down the chemistry of gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, the economics of carbon credits versus the Renewable Fuel Standard, and why Southwest Airlines has signed a ten-year offtake agreement. With manure from 40,000 cows producing 5 million gallons of fuel per year, this factory offers a concrete example of how industrial biotech is decarbonizing aviation—while solving a methane problem at the same time…
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