tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post5181928129551996602..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Fuel Savings?George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-43948916048829111422007-12-18T13:55:00.000-05:002007-12-18T13:55:00.000-05:00Scroll down to read this article.US Air Force Cert...Scroll down to read this article.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.greencarcongress.com/coaltoliquids_ctl/index.html" REL="nofollow">US Air Force Certifies 50% Blend of Fischer-Tropsch and JP-8 Fuel for all B-52H Aircraft; All Airframes to be Certified by 2011 August 12, 2007.</A> <BR/><BR/>The US Air Force has certified a 50:50 blend of Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel and JP-8 for use on all B-52H aircraft. The announcement by Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne marked the formal conclusion of testing on this aircraft. The Air Force plans to test and certify every airframe to fly on a domestically produced synthetic fuel blend by early 2011.<BR/><BR/>The B-52H was chosen as the test platform because of key advantages such as its eight engines. The fuel system can simultaneously isolate, carry and manage both a test fuel and the standard JP-8 fuel."davodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272330967156237637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-74031752520367514282007-12-18T10:46:00.000-05:002007-12-18T10:46:00.000-05:00Tyson, I think it is, is putting in a chicken proc...Tyson, I think it is, is putting in a chicken processing plant near Bossier City, LA as part of a complex to produce bio-fuel to supply Barksdale AFB. Don't have a lot of details, since I just happened to see an item in the Shreveport Times, but it sounds like the project is past all the paper hurdles, aircraft (presumably B-52s, maybe some others) have been approved for the bio-fuel. Sounds like a win-win deal to me--more chicken for me, more fuel for my favorite bombers. Perhaps some other more "inside" readers will be able to supply more juicy (greasy fried) details.jamminedwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645642564040670850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-33272196574794567272007-12-18T03:14:00.000-05:002007-12-18T03:14:00.000-05:00Synthetic jet (or diesel) fuel is not rocket scien...Synthetic jet (or diesel) fuel is not rocket science. Several 3rd world countries make it by the boatload. It's made from coal, of which the USA has more than anyone else. Certification is just a matter of running it a year or two and analysing the maintenance logs afterward. Any surplus can be mixed with diesel and sold to truckers. So it should be a no-brainer. The only unusual hitch is that the USA has never tried anything so radical before. But surely if African countries can make coal oil, oops, I mean "synthetic jet fuel", the USA should be able to do likewise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com