US Navy flies First Green Supersonic Jet on Earth Day
Coincidence apart, but what better occasion than the Earth Day for the world’s most well equipped military to try and reduce its carbon footprint and move closer towards getting a green makeover? In an effort to clean up its armed forces the US Navy will take the Hornet on a supersonic test flight using bio-fuel.
The navy has chosen F/A-18 Super Hornet jet its largest aviation fuel consumer to test the efficiency of Camelina based jet-fuel. The Navy would be closely monitoring the entire range of flight operations, including traveling faster than the speed of sound.
A consortium of airlines has already placed orders for Camelina based fuel because it can be used as an easy replacement for jet fuel. One of the reasons why the bio-fuel market has been so cocksure about the success of Camelina jet fuel lately is its ability to reduce carbon emissions by staggering 84%. This precisely makes Camelina blended jet fuel a viable alternative for the US Navy which aims to meet more than fifty percent of its energy needs from renewable resources by 2020.
Via: EcoGeek
a reduction of 84% that is huge.. can bio-fuel ever be used by the commercial airlines ??