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To: Reeses
SAIC is working closely with its teammates to identify ways to minimize the cost of algae production and achieve DARPA’s jet fuel (JP-8) cost target of $3.00/gallon.

I just read yesterday that DoD has agreed to change over to USAF has agreed to switch over to Jet-A as its part of the $100 million cost savings that Obama got all of his agencies to squeeze out of their budgets. Why are they spending money to find a new way to produce JP-8?

I know there's not an enormous difference between Jet-A and JP-8, but why work on producing something that won't be used?

4 posted on 07/28/2009 7:29:13 AM PDT by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: keepitreal

Omit the icing and corrosion inhibitors, lubricants, and antistatic agents and JP-8 becomes Jet-A. That’s why it’s cheaper. That might be okay for military ground vehicles but substituting Jet-A for JP-8 in military aircraft could lead to expensive surprises.


5 posted on 07/28/2009 7:41:03 AM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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