New York – A Dutch airliner is flying from New York to Amsterdam on a fuel mix that includes leftover oil from frying Louisiana’s Cajun food.
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The KLM flights from Kennedy Airport are powered by a combination of 25 percent recycled cooking oil and 75 percent jet fuel.
After the first such flight Friday, the concept will be tested on 24 round-trip trans-Atlantic trips every Thursday for the next six months.
KLM executive Camiel Eurlings jokingly told the New York Post (HTTP://BIT.LY/13LZ2EC ) that “it smelled like fries” while the plane was being fueled.
The waste oil from frying up crawfish, cracklins and other Cajun specialties is refined at a Louisiana plant, then trucked to JFK.
KLM says the cooking oil reduces polluting carbon emissions up to 80 percent.
Cholent powered rocket fuel.
Coming soon!
It’s going to smell different driving past the airport from now on.
This probably has something to do with carbon credits. I just can’t believe that there is any efficiency gained that pays for repurifying the used oil and then trucking it hundreds of miles.
That’s good news I hope they will give me discount when I bring in NY cholent
Very smart! I hope it works!
This is old news… I’ve been using a mix of diesel and veg oil for 10 years. Much cheaper and as efficient. Google your nearest dealer. They usually sell the stuff in industrial areas. Will not harm your car. And will save a lot of gelt.
Potential Basar vechalav problem?
Some kashrut agency is going to come out saying you can’t fly during Pasech.
Fly the friendly fries
To #’s 6 & 9—
Well, you can’t benefit from Bosor V’Cholov or Chometz……….