Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

US Navy 'Game-Changer': Converting Seawater into Fuel
Industry Week ^ | Apr 7, 2014 | Agence France-Presse

Posted on 04/07/2014 6:48:56 PM PDT by Leaning Right

The U.S. 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at industryweek.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; globalwarminghoax; navy; opec; seawater
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-33 last
To: who_would_fardels_bear

yes!


21 posted on 04/07/2014 7:45:30 PM PDT by Rob the Ugly Dude
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

That reminds me of a Dirk Pitt novel.

http://www.amazon.com/Valhalla-Rising-Dirk-Pitt-Adventure/dp/0736671684/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top


22 posted on 04/07/2014 7:52:01 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao
"The predicted cost of jet fuel using the technology is in the range of three to six dollars per gallon, say experts at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, who have already flown a model airplane with fuel produced from seawater."

Three dollars per gallon would be magnificent!

23 posted on 04/07/2014 7:53:34 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

And the contract to develop this new fuel will probably go to an Obama contributor who will admit failure in a few years, but only after spending billions of tax payers dollars.


24 posted on 04/07/2014 8:15:33 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Paladin2
Deuterium fusion, of the colder variety.

Impossible: Kevmo did not post the article.

25 posted on 04/07/2014 8:27:22 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

“Where does the energy come from to do the extraction in the first place? The article is not clear on that. So I’m guessing that it must come from a nuclear reactor aboard an aircraft carrier.”

Yes. And she’s talking about jet fuel.


26 posted on 04/07/2014 8:56:56 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

Apparently they’ll use electricity. Still no word on where the electricity comes from.


27 posted on 04/07/2014 9:07:55 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DJ Taylor

Obama will never allow this to happen. The greenie fringe would melt down.


28 posted on 04/07/2014 9:15:33 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Darteaus94025
They use a reactor fueled, in part, with Unobtanium.

Very close.

Actually, it's updidasium (discovered in the '50s.)

.

29 posted on 04/07/2014 9:33:14 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao
If so there are going to be a lot of unemployed roughnecks who used to work in oil fields

They'll find new work in the salt water conversion plants. The big news is that the middle east will have its money machine cut off. No more funding for terrorists.
30 posted on 04/08/2014 12:32:26 AM PDT by redheadtoo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: KarlInOhio

Would 6 to 7 dollars a gallon be cheaper than the cost of hauling the jet fuel out to the carrier battle group? If so, this reduces the logistical requirements.


31 posted on 04/08/2014 2:54:15 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao

3 to 6 Dollars a GALLON.
don’t shut down those oil fields yet...


32 posted on 04/08/2014 3:30:38 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Kozak

Jet fuel us around $4.79 per gallon.


33 posted on 04/08/2014 6:16:04 AM PDT by Sawdring
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-33 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson