Seawater - fuel for aircraft?

Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) claim that they are on the verge of mass production of fuel for jet engines from sea water. Technology in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen obtained from water will be converted into hydrocarbons that are crucial for the production of fuel, CO2 + H2 delivers fuel, which has already passed the first test in the Gulf of Mexico.

The reason for this lies in the fact that the aircraft carrier should have frequent fuel supplies. Therefore, it does not happen that due to the interruption of the supply chain in an awkward situation U.S. warplanes remain paralyzed on the surface of the sea, the marina should invent an alternative fuel supply which will make them portable and independent in the open sea.

According to one of the scientists involved in the project, Heather Willauer, another thing that has led to work on this project is to reduce dependence on foreign sources of fuel.

Obstacle to its implementation are, of course, the costs - in moments when the U.S. military budget cuts must experience, the fact that the production of a galoni (3.78 liters) of the fuel costs 6 dollars is not very promising. This is twice more expensive than traditional fuel-based kerosene.