U.S. Military Links Alternative Energy Research to Lives--and Dollars--Saved
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Flexible solar cells now power communications equipment used by Marines fighting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, enabling them to shed 700 pounds worth of batteries while on foot patrol. But an F-16 fighter jet flying over Miramar training base in Calif. burns 28 gallons of jet fuel a minute with its afterburners engaged while the C-17 cargo consumes 3,000 gallons an hour. [More]