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Blue Angels to fly on biofuels
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| Sep. 3, 2011
Posted on 09/03/2011 3:41:53 PM PDT by PROCON
When the six F/A-18 Hornets in the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team thrill the crowds at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Air Expo in Maryland this weekend, they'll be soaring on biofuel.
Each of the six Hornets will be powered by a 50/50-blend of jet fuel and camelina-based biofuel, according to a Navy press release.
Camelina is a high-oil flowering plant grown in rotation on land used for wheat and on land too marginal for food production, according to Sustainable Oils, the company providing it to the military. Sustainable Oils says camelina can also reduce carbon emissions by 80% over jet fuel.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: biofuels; blueangels; navair; planetgore
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By 2016, the Navy plans to deploy the Great Green Fleet, an aircraft carrier strike group powered entirely by non-fossil fuels, Mabus has said.Hmm, hasn't the Navy had nuclear powered ships for decades?
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:41:56 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
I hope they have tested that stuff. We know what ethanol does to car and boat engines and its not good.
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:45:15 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: PROCON
It took a while but the old 60s hippies have won.
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:45:52 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Coming November 2012 - The End of an Error.)
To: PROCON
so they finally got those solar panels to work on jets.
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:48:14 PM PDT
by
grandpa jones
(Obama must be exhausted, having to tote that giant brain of his around all the time.)
To: PROCON
Wind and sun energy have taught us that other sources are suspect.
I would like to know how the biofuel compares in cost of production and per gallon compared to the regular fuel.
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:48:41 PM PDT
by
lurk
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:49:46 PM PDT
by
pallis
To: GeronL
I have a friend who has a small-engine repair business; since the advent of 10% ethanol in our unleaded gas, small engine repair has been booming! Chainsaws and other 2 cycle implements can’t handle it.
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:49:52 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(My Passion for FREEDOM is Stronger Than That of Democrats Whose Obsession is to Enslave Me.)
To: PROCON
What happens after one of the planes blows a big black smoky fart and flames out?
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:52:11 PM PDT
by
Octar
To: lurk
how the biofuel compares in cost of production and per gallon compared to the regular fuel.It doesn't matter to the "green" crowd, they just want to "feel good".
They're saving the planet, donchaknow...
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:53:05 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(My Passion for FREEDOM is Stronger Than That of Democrats Whose Obsession is to Enslave Me.)
To: PROCON
What’s next...a green war?
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:55:33 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: FlingWingFlyer
Only for a while. Besides, in the 1930s, this was called “autarky” by most countries.
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:55:33 PM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: PROCON
I’m tired of hearing about the Green hornets already...
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posted on
09/03/2011 3:57:04 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(It's 3 AM. Let me sleep on it. I'll get back to you in 16 hours.)
To: FDNYRHEROES
“Im tired of hearing about the Green hornets already..”
Good one!
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:00:27 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Huskrrrr
Whats next...a green war? Well, the "greenies" are winning the war, so far.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:03:02 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(My Passion for FREEDOM is Stronger Than That of Democrats Whose Obsession is to Enslave Me.)
To: PROCON
oh boy.
Maybe the Blue Angels shouldn’t do this.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:03:27 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Huskrrrr
Whats next...a green war?I saw a show just the other day, on History I think, regarding the Military using green ammo (i.e., no lead).
According to the show, they have been using it for a few years now.
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:06:57 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
To: PROCON
Interesting, if they’re able to keep them in the air, and the crop really does rotate well with wheat.
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:25:59 PM PDT
by
Vob
(free radical community organizer)
To: Huskrrrr
Whats next...a green war? Sure, haven't you heard - were going to make bullets out of soy beans!
To: steelyourfaith
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posted on
09/03/2011 4:35:16 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good-Pope Leo XIII)
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