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2020-05-26 Science & Technology
The New and Improved Tomahawk Missile Now Runs on Corn
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-26 11:06|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 I would always want to virtue signal whilst I'm slaughtering my enemies.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-05-26 12:04||   2020-05-26 12:04|| Front Page Top

#2 But it will sure scare Vlad. You can hear him shaking all the way from Moscow.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-26 12:28||   2020-05-26 12:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Wait, we've invented a missile that runs on food, as opposed to cheap, readily available hydrocarbons?

And while I admire genius, I can't help thinking that greenhouse gas emissions would be way down on my List of Worries if I were in a situation where deploying Tomahawks was the thing to do.
Posted by SteveS 2020-05-26 12:44||   2020-05-26 12:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Wouldn't it much more stylish to pack the warhead in peat and plant seeds, specifically Daisy seeds?
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-26 12:53||   2020-05-26 12:53|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ daisies, yes. Wrapped in a big cozy wool sweater:

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/4867-washington-a-group-of-anti-vietnam-everett.jpg
Posted by Lex 2020-05-26 13:03||   2020-05-26 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Thank goodness that wasn't a link to Ween.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-26 13:15||   2020-05-26 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Oops try this: Where have all the daisies gone?
Posted by Lex 2020-05-26 13:27||   2020-05-26 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Last I heard these biofuel contracts were a lot more expensive than just regular petroleum, back when petroleum was a lot more expensive.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-05-26 15:32||   2020-05-26 15:32|| Front Page Top

#9 High fructose corn missile. Has to be very unhealthy.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-26 16:32||   2020-05-26 16:32|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ ah, so that's who "CornPop" is... "bad dude," indeed
Posted by Lex 2020-05-26 16:39||   2020-05-26 16:39|| Front Page Top

#11 What makes JP-10 attractive? Specifically, it has 11 percent higher density than conventional JP-8 (Jet A) fuel – clocking in at 142,000 BTUs per gallon compared to 125,000 for jet fuel (gasoline, by the way, has 115,000 BTUs).

What makes it unattractive? Well consider the problem that Raytheon faced, when it saw JP-10 prices soar from $13.09 per gallon to $25 per gallon between 2006 and 2010.
Posted by Phugum Spump3764 2020-05-26 16:52||   2020-05-26 16:52|| Front Page Top

#12 @ #9 - Especially if one were to land on Greta's head.
Posted by Clem 2020-05-26 17:30||   2020-05-26 17:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Do you mix it or take it straight with ice?
Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-26 18:13||   2020-05-26 18:13|| Front Page Top

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