{"id":1131,"date":"2009-07-08T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2014-07-29T17:26:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T17:26:39","slug":"pentagon-tries-algae-fuel-for-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/pentagon-tries-algae-fuel-for-military.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon Tries Algae Fuel For Military Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/\">Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is reportedly funding research that could result in some of its vehicles being powered by algae-based biofuel.<\/p>\n<p>A Press report notes that the University of Utah has received government funds to develop a biofuel that would cost under $3 per gallon while providing up to 50 million gallons per year to help power military vehicles.The two companies in the San Diego area have also received contracts to develop a biofuel that is compatible with current military vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The algae is said to be a desirable biofuel component because it grows quickly and produces a substantial amount of fatty oils while also offering the potential to defray the military&#8217;s annual $12 billion fuel bill.<\/p>\n<p>See More in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonenergy.com\/articles\/article\/166\/government-eyes-algae-based-biofuels\">Washington Energy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the way, have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/feed\/rss.xml\">subscribed to the Oilgae Blog?<\/a>; How about <a href=\"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/mlist\/user\/subscribe.php\">joining the Oilgae mailing list?<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/forum\">our forum to discuss on with others<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: inherit;\">Some interesting links<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #1b8be0;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingenergyanalytics.com\/blog\/?p=11\">Building Energy Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #1b8be0;\" href=\"http:\/\/weird.gallery\/crazy-and-weird-stuff-with-solar-power\/\">Some Innovative &amp; Unique Solar Power<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are at: Oilgae Blog. The Pentagon is reportedly funding research that could result in some of its vehicles being powered by algae-based biofuel. A Press report notes that the University of Utah has received government funds to develop a biofuel that would cost under $3 per gallon while providing up to 50 million gallons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae-energy-companies","category-algae-energy-investments","category-algae-fuel-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4884,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/4884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}