Biofuel Use in the Military

The US Military is a big consumer of energy, using 117 million barrels (or 320 thousand barrels per day) in 2006. They, more than most, understand that we need to find alternatives to our dependence on petroleum. The NW region has been using B20 for ten years!

Alternative energy is a top priority for DARPA, the military research branch whose research and innovation led to the development of the Internet. The Strategic Technology Office, part of DARPA, states that:

“The Defense Department has been directed to explore a wide range of energy alternatives and fuel efficiency efforts in a bid to reduce the military's reliance on oil to power its aircraft, ground vehicles and non-nuclear ships. The goal of the BioFuels program is to develop an affordable and highly efficient alternative process of converting crop oil to a JP-8 surrogate.” http://www.darpa.mil/sto/programs/biofuels/