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Old 08-21-2009, 06:39 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Are they talking about our JetFuel?

Slashdot Hardware Story | US Navy Tries To Turn Seawater Into Jet Fuel

"New Scientist reports that, faced with global warming and potential oil shortages, the US Navy is experimenting with making jet fuel from seawater by processing seawater into unsaturated short-chain hydrocarbons that with further refining could be made into kerosene-based jet fuel. . . . .

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Old 08-21-2009, 07:22 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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"New Scientist reports that, faced with global warming and potential oil shortages, the US Navy is experimenting with making jet fuel from seawater by processing seawater into unsaturated short-chain hydrocarbons that with further refining could be made into kerosene-based jet fuel. . . . .
Nope. Our jetfuel is definitely based on, well, something very different....

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Been discussed on a previous thread in the Indiana Chapter.



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Nope. Our jetfuel is definitely based on, well, something very different....

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......AMSOIL!
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...and they wonder why I love it here...

jetfuel...toot.toot
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...and they wonder why I love it here...

jetfuel...toot.toot
oddly enough, that "toot.toot" wasn't a toot from a horn. I'm sure you tooted just the same.
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...and they wonder why I love it here...

jetfuel...toot.toot



Watch out, that last 'toot' looks like a KILLER!!!!

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Oh, those bean burritos


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Oh, those bean burritos


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Don't use WD-40 after eating 10 bean burritos...
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It gives new meaning to 'blow it out the other end'.
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It gives new meaning to 'blow it out the other end'.
I always thought that's EXACTLY what that meant
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