Answers to your questions about national security, energy independence, and military biofuels.

An excellent article at www.biofuelsdigest.com giving a 30,000 foot view of the (US) military’s thinking on biofuels and an explanation of the sometimes tortured logic it uses. Worth reading.

“The Navy has a plan to buy military biofuels, starting in 2016, at a price that is cost-competitive with conventional fuel. Since this is new technology, they know that someone is going to have to build out a commercial scale refinery that can generate the economies of scale, and will need four years for design, permitting, construction and commissioning.”

Read the full article here:

Algae-Based Biofuel Test Flight

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Navy reports another successful test of a biofueled helicopter! A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter became the first Navy aircraft to fly on a 50/50 blend of algae-based and petroleum-based JP-5 May 20, 2011 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Last year an MH-60S completed a test flight using a 50/50 Camelina seed-based biofuel blend at NAS Patuxent River.

We Can Grow And Refine Algae Oil For Less Than The Cost Of Petroleum

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An interesting video of burning algae oil made from Chlorella