Navy to turn seawater into biofuel.

[Gargamel]

http://news.discovery.com/tech/navy-...el-120928.html

Seawater into jp5. Good idea!!

[Jimbuna]

How long before the Chinese obtain the formula and undercut the US?

But but... if you stop the Carriers from needing oil then there won't be a need to send them to beat up third world countries for their oil! They'd make themselves useless!

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Rilder

But but... if you stop the Carriers from needing oil then there won't be a need to send them to beat up third world countries for their oil! They'd make themselves useless!

lol

Don't worry, they will find another reason. Red alert, blah, terrorists can be anywhere, so you can beat up third world countries without even declaring war.

[JU_88]

Cool so when a carrier captian starts on a voyage he can uncheck the 'limited fuel' checkbox and still play on 100% realsim like a boss

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Cool so when a carrier captian starts on a voyage he can uncheck the 'limited fuel' checkbox and still play on 100% realsim like a boss

Won't be able to afford it, the Tories will have already implemented seaweed tax into the statute books

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Won't be able to afford it, the Tories will have already implemented seaweed tax into the statute books

Oh yes silly me

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by JU_88

Oh yes silly me

LOL

[Stealhead]

The rest of the US military uses JP8 and JP5 is a special blend designed for sea use and is a bit more expensive.I know that the USAF also has a bio program in place.What many people do not realize is that most all diesel powered machinery in the US military actually runs on JP8 that lacks all the high cost additives that is added to it for aircraft use.

That means that without conversion most of the US military can easily run on two different types of fuel.A HUMVEE for example has a diesel engine and can run on normal diesel fuel or JP8.Of course turbine and jet engines do not have this multi fuel capability.The reason that diesel engines are so versatile is because Rudolf Diesel designed it that way and he actually had peanut oil in mind as the primary fuel.Jet fuels happen to be very similar to diesel which is why no conversion is required.

The Marines even have dirt bikes that run on JP8.

[Karle94]

The M1 Abrams can run on JP4, JP8, gasoline, and diesel.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

How long before the Chinese obtain the formula and undercut the US?

As soon as they can steal the formula from us/reverse engineer it, bypass patents like they do with everything America makes. From movies to phones.

China loves breaking the rules. Then crying to the WTO about proposed duties or tarriffs we wish to add to their cheap lead laden poisoned crap they export to us. Despite their own tarriffs on US made goods.

Don't get me started on the manipulation of the RMB, no one in the world cares about.

(except the American worker)

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Karle94

The M1 Abrams can run on JP4, JP8, gasoline, and diesel.

I once heard it could run on vegetable oil if needed.
I cannot verify with a link sorry. (so yeah, it might be bull-stuffing)
Though it would foul up the engine over time.

[Stealhead]

The Abrams runs on a turbine engine but it does not need to have the ultra consistent ignition rate that a turbine engine say in a C-130 needs so you could convert it to run on other things.

According to Honeywell who makes the turbine engine for the Abrams it can run on jet fuel, diesel,gasoline, and marine diesel it does not specify if anything must be done planning to run on on type or another long term but my guess is that some minor conversion might be required to make it run properly long term on greatly differing duel say normally jet fuel and then switching to gasoline.

You would have to view a T.O. on the maintenance of an Abrams tanks to know for sure and most likely you wont be able to acquire that information.

http://www51.honeywell.com/aero/comm...Technology.pdf

[Cybermat47]

Thats a good idea!

[August]

Originally Posted by Catfish

lol

Don't worry, they will find another reason. Red alert, blah, terrorists can be anywhere, so you can beat up third world countries without even declaring war.

Maybe we'll just fool ya and use our carriers as rescue and relief support platforms like we did after the Indonesian tsunami. I mean when we can find time from beating up third world countries.