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Greening the Military
By Henry Curtis
At several conferences held this year in Hawai`i the military has detailed its plan to convert from fossil fuel to renewable and alternative energy. The military is teaming up with commercial airlines and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research and develop alternative fuels.
A navy jet fighter powered by biofuels was designated the Green Hornet. The current nuclear and biofuel powered fleet will be called the Great Green Fleet. Naval armadas will be called Green Strike Groups.
Petroleum is currently used in commercial aviation, commercial marine transport, ground transport, and in Florida and Hawai`i for electricity generation. The federal government accounts for less than 2% of petroleum consumption in the U.S. Virtually all of the federal government’s purchase of petroleum is for the military (92%).
The U.S. military in Hawai`i uses about 128 million gallons of petroleum per year. The fuel is of three principal types: JP8 jet fuel (79 million gallons), F76 marine fuel (42 million gallons) and JP5 jet fuel (7 million gallons).
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