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Military eyes algae for jet fuel

July 3, 2009 /

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Somewhere among the beakers and the bubbling green-tinged tanks in this Utah State University lab, Jeff Muhs is searching for champion pond scum for the U.S. government.

If he and others like him around the country are successful, algae-based biofuel could one day power one of the world’s biggest gas guzzlers: the U.S. military.

Heady stuff for a simple sun-sucking organism. But algae’s ability to grow fast and churn out fatty oils makes it an alluring prospect for a military looking to lessen its dependence on foreign oil.

"It inherently makes sense to start there," said Muhs, who runs Utah State’s energy lab.

By Mike Stark
The Associated Press

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