Jet fuel
Consumption
US Air Force
The US Air Force (USAF) is the single largest consumer of jet fuel in the world. The F-4 Phantom Fighter burns more than 1,600 gallons of jet fuel per hour and peaks at 14,400 gallons per hour at supersonic speeds. The B-52 Stratocruiser, with eight jet engines, guzzles 55 gallons per minute. A quarter of the world’s jet fuel feeds the USAF fleet of flying killing machines.[1][2]
Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility
In 2014 27,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from the storage tanks at Red Hill in Moanalua. The storage tanks at this cite are the biggest of their kind in the so called United States and sit only 100 feet above one of Oʻahu's main aquifers. The fuel tanks continue to leak to this day and there has been petroleum found in water sources.[3] [4] "Though the Pentagon has committed to shutting down the Red Hill fuel tanks within two years, the tanks continue to leak and the Honolulu Board of Water Supply is unsure of the wells can ever be brought back online. A report released in June 2022 states that the U.S. Navy was negligent in the maintenance of the fuel tanks, resulting in (preventable) leaks. The U.S. Navy has begun to defuel some pipelines but is proposing to have the fuel tanks closed by 2027 and to stay in place for potential use in the future."[5]
Sources
- ↑ https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Climate_change_denial
- ↑ https://truthout.org/articles/the-military-assault-on-global-climate/
- ↑ https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/navy-stops-red-hill-pipeline-leak-of-fuel-and-water-that-began-saturday/
- ↑ https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/12/01/live-doh-discusses-latest-investigation-into-possible-tainted-water/
- ↑ https://guides.westoahu.hawaii.edu/alohaaina/redhillfueltanks