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  1. 12-13-2012, 18:30 #1
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    Default US NAVY TO CONVERT SEA WATER INTO JET FUEL!

    http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-r...ks-to-the-seas

    Fueling the Fleet, Navy Looks to the Seas

    Refueling U.S. Navy vessels, at sea and underway, is a costly endeavor in terms of logistics, time, fiscal constraints and threats to national security and sailors at sea.In Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command, the primary supplier of fuel and oil to the U.S. Navy fleet, delivered nearly 600 million gallons of fuel to Navy vessels underway, operating 15 fleet replenishment oilers around the globe.
    Refueling Navy vessels at sea can prove in many ways to be a costly endeavor. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is developing the chemistry for producing jet fuel from renewable resources in theater. The process envisioned would catalytically convert CO2 and H2 directly to liquid hydrocarbon fuel used as JP-5.
    (U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command)     From Seawater to CO2
    Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing a process to extract carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce hydrogen gas (H2) from seawater, subsequently catalytically converting the CO2 and H2 into jet fuel by a gas-to-liquids process. Continue...
    Interesting reading. The concept has been around for awhile, but only recently the military takes some interest in them.
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    WOW...

    That would be amazing .. even if the cost per gallon is double the price of Normal JP5.. after you factor in transport of it and the dangers of at sea replenish ( tho we are really good at it) it will be the same if not lower..
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    Where is SA Friday to talk about the chemistry involved in changing seawater into jet fuel?
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    Talk about energy dependence for the DoD. This will be cool technology.

    Reminds me of

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    I could see a nuclear reactor on a aircraft carrier doing this! It has enough wattage capability. 109 years ago the very first airplane flew, what is next? People living in outer space?
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    Ha. Water to jet fuel. Reminded me of this thing...

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    I want one of those so bad!!!

    I like this video of it better... the song is jammin!!! LOL

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    ... and derailed.
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    ... and derailed.
    Seems to happen frequently around here, huh?
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