The US Navy achieves the first biofuel-powered flight using its MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UVA). The flight took place on Friday over Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland the aircraft was unmanned. The aircraft ran on a mix of JP-5 aviation fuel and plant-based camelina cutting carbon dioxide output by 75 percent when compared to conventional aviation fuel. This new technology is part of a bigger push by the Navy towards increasing energy independence and clean energy economy. When the Navy finally achieves this goal the environment will be better off due to the cut back in pollutants released into the air by aircrafts. Also they could apply this to the airplanes that regular US citizens use today to travel from place to place.
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