Bart Somers: ’The combustion engine still has life in it’

Bart Somers - Energy researcher Bart Somers talks to Lieven Scheire about the green future of the internal combustion engine. Many people associate the internal combustion engine with diesel fumes, obsolete industries and CO₂ emissions. They are wong, says Bart Somers. In the latest episode of our Dutch-language podcast series Sound of Science, the researcher explains why the combustion engine does have a sustainable future. And he explains why discarded fat from french fries can become a veritable goldmine for Belgium. Something host Lieven Scheire is very interested in. Bart Somers is associate professor in the Power & Flow department of the department of Mechanical Engineering and also affiliated with energy institute EIRES.