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pants3204
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http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123248331



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An F-22 Raptor powered by biofuel takes off March 18, 2011, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight was the capstone of a series of ground and flight test events conducted by members of the 411th Flight Test Squadron for the F-22, using the biofuel blend


The future of warfare, or an attempt to appease the greenies in congress? Can it be synthesized in the field? Can it be produced cheaply? Sustainably? What are the limits of its capabilities? Is it more explosively combustable than JP-8?
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I prefer to believe it's another high performance experimental fuel, which happens to be green in some way.
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During WWII Germany had to make their own synthetic fuel since they had no access to sufficient amount of oil. It would be prudent of the US to have a second or even a third source of fuel should the world’s sea lanes become useless. I guess Canada and Mexico quickly becomes the second source if sparks starts to fly.

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