1-11 IAT Biofuel

 The US military used 117 million barrels of oil  last year at a cost of more than  $17 billion. It is no surprise that it is the largest petroleum user in the world. What may surprise you is that department of defense is working to switch a good amount of that to biofuels, renewable fuels that  can be grown and produced here in the United States out of things like rape seed, soybeans, algae and even wood scraps. American Farm Bureau Energy Specialist Andrew Walmsley talks about why that’s good for national security and the U.S. economy: “They have invested heavily and they have been tested in all types of vehicles. What the military is actually looking for is drop in bio fuels meaning bio fuels that work in the equipment that they have today. They have to have the same characteristics as  traditional petroleum products so that they don’t have a great expense and switching out jet engines or tank engines or anything like that.” Walmsley says that growing an ample supply here in the U.S. would eliminate a lot of the price shocks associated with foreign oil. Not only is that a benefit to national security but also to taxpayers. Walmsley says military biofuel use will benefit the average motorist