Posted on 04/07/2014 9:13:03 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
The US Navy believes it has finally worked out the solution to a problem that has intrigued scientists for decades: how to take seawater and use it as fuel.
The development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel is being hailed as "a game-changer" because it would signficantly shorten the supply chain, a weak link that makes any force easier to attack.
The US has a fleet of 15 military oil tankers, and only aircraft carriers and some submarines are equipped with nuclear propulsion.
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I smell BS.
(Not Bible Study)
Maybe when they convert all the sea water to fuel, we’ll finally find Flight 370. :)
CNN is going to buy the patent on this and lock it up, otherwise they will have no content if they find 370...
“Vice Admiral Cullom seems to have forgotten the First Law of Thermodynamics: “Energy can neither be created nor destroyed”.”
This whole story doesn’t pass the smell-test. You sure it wasn’t dateline “April Fool’s Day”?
ditto that!
Why don’t we have more nuclear powered ships?
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