As in double digit percentages.

Mostly in Iraq.

Solution: Bring the troops home and put the money we waste on fuel into building American supplies of wind, solar, tidal, geothermal etc that can all be used to power fuel cells from basic hydrolysis.

Turning swords into H2 and O2 - the only way to go.

They're not interoperable.

Try agian.

@7: It's lame to be so smug about smacking someone down when you, yourself, are being an idiot. What do you think would happen to production volume, supplies, and costs of JP-1 if there were a dramatic decrease in demand for military fuel? Were you blind to the obvious answer, or did you just not mind posting an obviously idiotic point if it let you act superior?

I, for one, welcome the death of airlines. Jet fuel (which is little more than kerosene)wreaks exponentially more global warming related havok then simply driving or simply taking amtrak across the country.

I still think planes are cool as shit - the the man that has to get his sweater out of his bag he stowed in an overhead three rows back before his gets off the plane, that's not so cool. A whole bus can empty at a stop in 30 seconds, air passengers, however, like to drag that part of the experience to around 20 minutes.

I'm flying tomorrow, on a holiday weekend - pretty sure I'm not looking forward to the crowds.

$1458 is pretty cheap - I've paid for round-trip flights to Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand that cost that much. Mind you, I prefer $300 roundtrip tix to Milan ...

This post starts with a block quote, clearly quoting an external source. It even includes a healthy link to the original WSJ source.

Even shitty RSS readers should be able to show a block quote. So, please work on your reading skills before bitching next time.

Some stationary "peaking" gas turbine power plants may also use jet fuel, although many use natural gas. California, for example, generates less than 50% of its average summer peak electric loads with "always-on" plants (coal, nuclear, hydro, etc.). All the rest is either imported (which is why we were vulnerable to Enron's schemes) or generated by the small scattered gas turbine plants (at a cost of 40-50 cents a kilowatt hour).

And @26: count me among those who go to Vancouver for the weekend every year when the Blue Angels deafen Capitol Hill with their silly dog and pony show.