Short follow up to the alternative fuels threads.
It looks like the U.S. military is finely taking steps to have alternative fuels available in case of another oil embargo.
May also give civil aviation some relief from high fuel prices, or at least an alternative.
===== Reuters article follows ====================== US Air Force to test alternative jet fuel blend
By Chris Baltimore Fri Jun 30, 3:17 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Later this year, a giant U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber will take off with a new kind of jet fuel that can be derived from coal or natural gas, setting the stage for the U.S. military to eventually burn a new formula that is not derived from crude oil.
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