Wednesday, May 16, 2012
National Fuel Security sunk by Republican/Teabaggers
The military has a number of well advanced programs to insure that it can operate its many vehicles, ships and planes on alternate fuels if it should ever be necessary. This must have been threatening to Big Oil because the Republican/Teabaggers in the House snuck a shiv into the Pentagon budget to kill these programs.
Tucked away in the House Armed Services Committee’s proposed Pentagon budget is a provision that could bring the U.S. military’s ambitious foray into biofuels to a screeching halt.So the Republican/Teabaggers kill programs designed to insure National Fuel Security but nary a peep about Star Wars which is still chugging along wasting $Billions each year and doing nothing to protect anything beyond M-I-C profits. If you want to protect your country eliminate a Republican.
Earlier this week, the Republican-led committee voted to ban the Department of Defense from purchasing alternative fuels that cost more than “traditional” fossil fuels.
That would eliminate several emerging biofuels that have undergone successful testing by the Air Force and Navy over the past year on aircraft and ships.
The Army has also been developing alternative fuel technologies for ground vehicles, such as a high tech steam engine that can run on a variety of fuels, including biofuels.
The Air Force has been test-flying a 50-50 blend of camelina and jet fuel in public displays of its high-performance Thunderbirds demonstration team. Camelina is a weedy plant in the mustard family.
The Navy has been testing a variety of biofuels in ships and aircraft, including its own Blue Angels aerial demonstration team. Along with camelina, the Navy’s tests include algae and waste grease.
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