450,000 Gallons Of Biofuel For The Navy

Link: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/navy-biofuels/

Title:Navy’s Big Biofuel Bet: 450,000 Gallons at 4 Times the Price of Oil
Author: Noah Shachtman

Date:December 5, 2011

Summary:

The Navy is planning on buying 450,000 gallons of biofuel at fifteen dolloars a gallon. hat is a grand total of twelve million dollars. This type of fuel is made from algae and will be expected to use at the hawaiian coast. A 9,000 ton destroyer and a cruiser wil go on the journey across the pacific using olny alternative energy. two companies will split the large Navy order. Dynamic Fuels and Tyson foods take grease and other waste of this kind to make the biofuel. Solazyme uses algae to ferment anything from plant matter to municipal waste for their biofuel. before this decision, the Navy would use their regular fossil fuels combined with the environmentallty friendly biofuel to gradually convert to full biofuel use.