The U.S. military, in the largest ever government purchase of biofuel, bought a batch of fuel made from chicken fat and algae that will be burned by the Navy in war games next year, reports Reuters. The Defense Logistics Agency purchased 450,000 gallons of fuel from Dynamic Fuels LLC, a Louisiana-based venture owned by Tyson Foods Inc and Syntroleum Corp, which makes biofuel from used cooking oil, and from California-based Solazyme Inc., which makes fuel from algae.
"We are doing this for one simple reason, it makes us better war fighters," Navy Secretary Ray Maybus told reporters in a teleconference. "Our use of fossil fuels is a very real threat to our national security and to the U.S. Navy's ability to protect America and to project power overseas."