NASA Fires Up Jet Fuel That Tastes Like Chicken

Posted by Soulskill on Monday April 25, 2011 @06:18PM from the not-recommended-for-human-consumption dept.

coondoggie writes "It may never make it into everyday jet-fighter use, but NASA is checking out biofuel made from chicken and beef fat. The chicken fat fuel, known as Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel, was burned in the engine of a DC-8 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center as part of its Alternative Aviation Fuels Experiment, which is looking at developing all manner of biofuel alternatives to traditional Jet Propellant 8. The DC-8 is used as a test vehicle because its engine operations are well-documented and well-understood, NASA says."

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Re:Renewable?? You got to be kidding. by Arlet · 2011-04-25 19:02 · Score: 4, Insightful

The idea is that you eat the chicken, and use the waste products for fuel. I don't think the plan is to set up chicken farms specifically to turn them into jet fuel.
Of course, the big question is how big the supply of waste products actually is. I would guess it's not all that big.