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Algae-powered military jets?
Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher  

 I've sort of got visions of plant pots hanging off the planes - grow as you go

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. and Livermore, Calif., hope to produce military Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) fuel from plants, including microalgae, for the U.S. and NATO.

 

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Duncan762 (94) Senior board member | 2007-09-28 22:30:17
if this works correctly will it eventually drive flight travel costs down ???
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