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SCIENCE STUDIO: Peter Lucchesi

  Peter Lucchesi, former Vice President of Exxon Research and Engineering, passed away earlier this year, March 19th, at age 87.  We re-air this Oct. 10, 2010, interview with Lucchesi in tribute.  Keith & Russ talk with Lucchesi about his early career in which he performed risky radioactive experiments.  Lucchesi also talks about the jet fuel he produced which was used by England during the Battle of Britain, and about his failed efforts to create food from oil.

Aired Aug. 24, 2014.

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