Obama cuts military budget, then wants them to waste money.

[thundley4]

The Pentagon has a green program to use alt energy: Congress moves to block it

Republicans Move to Cut Military's Alternative Fuels
By Ari Natter on May 29, 2012


Legislation in both chambers of Congress would limit the Department of Defense’s ability to buy alternative fuels, reflecting congressional Republicans' criticism of Pentagon efforts to green the military.

A $554 billion defense spending bill approved by the House earlier this month would limit DOD's ability to produce or procure biofuels if the cost exceeds the price of traditional fossil fuel.

Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas), who inserted the provision into the legislation as an amendment at the committee level, said,“This is just an extra cost the department does not need to incur at a point in time when we are contemplating cutting 80,000 soldiers out of the Army, 20,000 Marines out of the Marine Corps, ships not getting built, planes not getting bought.”

The Defense Department, which spent $19.4 billion on energy in fiscal 2011 and is the nation’s largest energy consumer, has said new energy research is needed for the sake of national security and to hedge against oil price volatility. According to the Pentagon, every $1 rise in the price of a barrel of oil costs the department $130 million more in fuel costs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002801034

sharp_stick (7,574 posts)
1. I see Congress is once

again solidly working to create jobs and improve the economy. Way to go assholes!

The US capitol really needs a full on delousing and I'd like to see IQ tests for all potential House members trying to take the places of the pricks currently infesting the building.

DUmmie, the jobs needed to produce the bio fuels will not even amount to the personnel cuts in the military.  Oil is expensive, bio-fuels more so, and they cut into the food supply.

longship (11,684 posts)
3. Whatta bunch of maroons!

****ing astounding ignorance.

That is one of the best self descriptions coming from the DUmp I've heard in awhile.

[EagleKeeper]

Yeah...I'd be a little nervous about the military developing a dependency on a designer fuel.

If NASCAR wants to play around with it, that's one thing.

I don't think the mission of the military includes being environmentally friendly.

[NHSparky]

$3/gallon for fuel oil.

$26/gallon for biodiesel.

And yet a nuke carrier or submarine can run for over a DECADE on a fuel load.

Suck it.

[diesel driver]

$3/gallon for fuel oil.

$26/gallon for biodiesel.

And yet a nuke carrier or submarine can run for over a DECADE on a fuel load.

Suck it.

AWWWW HELL NO!!!!

Nobody days the "N" word!   

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[Gina]

 

[txradioguy]

I don't think the mission of the military includes being environmentally friendly.

And yet this administration is shoving greenie weenie policies down our throat.