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http://frontierindia.net/b-1b-...t-using-synthetic-fuel
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"B-1B achieves first supersonic flight using synthetic fuel
Written on March 22, 2008 ? 9:08 am | by FIDSNS |
A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron here became the first US Air Force aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an alternate fuel March 19 in a flight over Texas and New Mexico. The fuel, a 50/50 blend of synthetic and petroleum gases, is being tested as part of an ongoing US Air Force program to help the environment and to use a fuel produced domestically. "
They are using your natural gas supply to run their planes. Hardly an alternative fuel supply considering its using a fuel that normally would get consumed by the civilian-side consumers. The USAF should be ashamed for calling this an "alternative fuel" program. Its just another way the government is screwing the pooch for the American public.
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Excerpt:
"B-1B achieves first supersonic flight using synthetic fuel
Written on March 22, 2008 ? 9:08 am | by FIDSNS |
A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron here became the first US Air Force aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an alternate fuel March 19 in a flight over Texas and New Mexico. The fuel, a 50/50 blend of synthetic and petroleum gases, is being tested as part of an ongoing US Air Force program to help the environment and to use a fuel produced domestically. "
They are using your natural gas supply to run their planes. Hardly an alternative fuel supply considering its using a fuel that normally would get consumed by the civilian-side consumers. The USAF should be ashamed for calling this an "alternative fuel" program. Its just another way the government is screwing the pooch for the American public.
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