Air Force studying use of coal to improve jet fuel

The U.S. Air Force is studying whether coal could be used to increase the fuel efficiency of fighter aircraft, according to a service official. Researchers are examining coal's potential to expand petroleum-based jet fuel to get more energy out of it, said Col. Mark Stephen, chief of the science and...

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