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Fat Replaces Oil In F-16s

Posted by samzenpus on from the top-grease-gun dept.

It looks like the military has finally figured out a way to combine Americans' love of french fries with their love of blowing stuff up. The Air Force says all of its 40-plus aircraft models will be able to burn biofuels by 2013, three years ahead of schedule. From the article: "The Army wants 25 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025. The Navy and Marines aim to shift half their energy use from oil, gas and coal by 2020. 'Reliance on fossil fuels is simply too much of a vulnerability for a military organization to have,' U.S. Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus said in an interview. 'We’ve been certifying aircraft on biofuels. We’re doing solar and wind, geothermal, hydrothermal, wave, things like that on our bases.'”

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  1. Still using FAT? by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone should've switched to NTFS by now...

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  2. coal? by edxwelch · · Score: 3, Funny

    > The Navy and Marines aim to shift half their energy use from oil, gas and coal by 2020.

    Didn't release you could run a F-16 on coal

    1. Re:coal? by Moheeheeko · · Score: 5, Funny

      You just have to shovel REALLY fast.

    2. Re:coal? by DarksouldragonX · · Score: 3, Funny

      The ones that run on wind power are a pain in the ass to get started.

    3. Re:coal? by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

      Signal the boiler room crew. We're going to afterburners.

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