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Startup cracks the code to create jet fuel in 'record time' from an unexpected source: 'Novel technology'

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Massachusetts startup Lydian is creating a ready-to-use, carbon-neutral jet fuel alternative.

The startup leverages low-cost renewable energy, carbon dioxide, and water to make the fuel.

It comes with 95% lower heat-trapping gas emissions.

Aviation is widely reported to account for about 2.5% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions.

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