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Making JP-5 out of Seawater!
- Thread starter Mumbles
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That made my brain hurt
That was a rather interesting article. Sounds like a cool idea to me.
It'd be a neat trick, especially since it needs a carbon free energy source to be worth while...if only we could get a nuclear reactor on a ship. We'd have this so done once we get over that hurdle!
Too good to be true. About as likely as the perpetual motion machine.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/20/seawater_synthifuel_foolishness/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/20/seawater_synthifuel_foolishness/
Producing a gallon of fuel synthetically would be a pretty big task, especially since they're still working on the molecular level. Could you imagine the amount of power and space that would be required to support daily flight ops?
They could always just fuel the jets with the coffee from the Chiefs Mess.
In the 1940's the idea of submarines creating their own oxygen with electrolysis was science fiction. Not to mention having aircraft fly combat missions piloted by guys sitting in a truck thousands of miles away, and have those aircraft deliver lazer guided munitions with pinpoint accuracy.
You need to hit up some of the Mexican joints on SPID. Your hydrocarbon production will make you a believer.
