How sustainable aviation fuel will clean up the airline industry with Metafuels’ Saurabh Kapoor

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Karthik and Alina are joined by Metafuels co-founder Saurabh Kapoor to talk all things sustainable aviation fuels. Are the current challenges and shutdowns of SAF projects just a blip? Will consumers have to bear higher prices? How can airlines make this work to their advantage? And when will SAF be commercially ready?

The world needs more and better innovation to solve climate, waste, and health problems in an increasingly tumultuous and uncertain world – not just the latest app, gadget, or software, but real deep tech innovation in energy, manufacturing, agrifood, resources, and more.

In this podcast, sustainable innovation experts Anthony Schiavo, Mike Holman, Karthik Subramanian, and Alina Strugut from Lux Research analyze the latest news and interview world-leading experts to navigate the technological, economic, political, and social trends that will determine what innovations succeed or fail.

The opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests, and do not reflect the views of Lux Research.

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