by Yale Climate Connections TEAM JULY 26, 2022 An Ethiopian mustard plant called carinata has been attracting attention, not for its culinary use, but because its seeds can be used to create a more climate-friendly jet fuel. “It has high oil content, high lipid content,” says Farhad Masum of Argonne National Laboratory. “You can refine that oil in a bio-refinery to make sustainable aviation fuel, which can replace conventional aviation fuel.” Masum says carinata fuel is a particularly promising biofuel — partly because of where and when carinata can be grown. “Carinata is a winter crop,” he says. “You can plant it
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