United States Navy Embraces Clean Energy
This month, sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz are among U.S. Navy personnel in the Pacific Ocean testing whether aircraft such as fighter jets and sea vessels run the same using fuels made of biofuel blends rather than traditional petroleum.
ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ — Some 100 nautical miles northeast of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean, a fleet of U.S. Navy fighter jets slings from the deck of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, leaving thin trails of smoke on the tight runway.
The operation, part of maneuvers involving several thousand sailors as part of the world’s largest naval exercises in waters off Hawaii, was at the center of a growing controversy involving defense spending and foreign oil.
The dozens of air and sea vessels surrounding the Nimitz — including helicopters, fighter jets and destroyer ships — were running on a biofuel blend that can be substituted for traditional fuel without any engine modifications. … Continue Reading
