Sustainability and Environment
Carbon-neutral fuel firm eyes aviation market
Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS), a UK- based company founded by a small group of scientists and engineers, is reaching out to the aviation industry in the hopes o

Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS), a UK- based company founded by a small group of scientists and engineers, is reaching out to the aviation industry in the hopes of marketing a carbon-neutral jet fuel made from carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

To date, most renewable fuels are produced using the Fischer-Tropsch process, which uses carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produce liquid hydrocarbons. The problem with that process, according to AFS chairman Tony Marmont, is that it requires the use of coal–which adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.