Security Brief: The Navy's new secret weapon? Going green

[teufelhunde.ret]

CNN April 26th, 2010 03:19 PM ET

 

It’s the new secret weapon fueling the US military. A hardy plant capable of growing in poor soil, camelina sativa produces a bio-fuel that’s now the focus of the US Navy’s drive for alternative fuels in its planes.

 

Last week an F/A-18 Super Hornet flew from the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River, Md., powered by a 50/50 mix of aviation fuel and camelina, also known as wild flax. It was the first supersonic fighter to fly on a bio-fuel mix. The event was celebrated by US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on the Navy’s new official blog, also launched last week .

 

REST OF STORY HERE: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/26/secur...-green/?hpt=Mid

[BEAST]

Interesting! If the Hornet is able to fly on environmentally friendly fuel, does that make it a "Green Hornet?"

[Cobrahistorian]

Interesting! If the Hornet is able to fly on environmentally friendly fuel, does that make it a "Green Hornet?"

 

[HerbG]

Hey, what's not to like about fuel that costs $75.00 a gallon? Anything to be politically correct and environmentally sensitive.

[Bob Hudson]

This plant is part of "the family Brassicaceae which includes mustard, cabbage, rapeseed, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts."

 

There's for sure a joke in there somewhere

[Cobrahistorian]

This plant is part of "the family Brassicaceae which includes mustard, cabbage, rapeseed, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts."

 

There's for sure a joke in there somewhere

 

Sure it's fuel efficent and green, but you can smell them coming from miles away!

[Mercenary25]

Sure it's fuel efficent and green, but you can smell them coming from miles away!

 

And the enemies will be stoned before the fighters arrived then bombed the hell out of them!