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Flying Fried

Cooking oil doesn't just make for a tasty dinner, but also for a type of jet fuel! Well, kind of. Qantas Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Australia, has been on the hunt for jet fuel alternative and discovered that a blend of half regular fuel and half cooking oil works just fine for the skies! Even better, it produces 60 percent fewer carbon emissions than the way we've been doing it. 

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