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Despite Opposition, the U.S. Military Is Flying High with Biofuels 

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Here's an article that reminds us of an important aspect of the U.S. military: these people take energy security very seriously. They refuse to allow the availability of oil to be a necessary condition to safeguarding our country. Their main tack? Biofuels, which are a straight-up replacement for jet fuel derived from petroleum. Take a plane that costs $68 million to build and flies at 1500 MPH, and simply substitute fuel made from kitchen grease and plant seeds. The two perform identically; the one and only difference: biofuels burn a bit cleaner. This, btw, is why U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK--pictured above), a puppet of the oil companies, ultimately was unable to pass a bill that would have made it illegal for our military to purchase an ounce of biofuel if it cost a penny a gallon more than conventional jet fuel. The armed forces pointed out the fact that they had the responsibility to protect our country, not only today, but 50 years from now as well, and needed flexibility and innovation to accomplish that. Suffice it to say, we really got that. Inhofe's corrupt attempt to protect the oil companies at the expense of national security finally fell apart when millions of people called for him to face treason charges. If we're going to put our soldiers in dangerous, no-win situations, we should at least not prevent them from protecting themselves. Here’s an article that reminds us of an important aspect of the U.S. military: these people take energy security very seriously.  They refuse to allow the availability of oil to be a necessary condition to safeguarding our country.

Their main tack? Biofuels, which are a straight-up replacement for jet fuel derived from petroleum. Take a plane that costs $68 million to build and flies at 1500 MPH, and simply substitute fuel made from kitchen grease and plant seeds. The two perform identically; the one and only difference: biofuels burn a bit more cleanly. 

This,  btw, is why U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK–pictured above), a puppet of the oil companies, ultimately was unable to pass a bill that would have made it illegal for our military to purchase an ounce of biofuel if it cost a penny a gallon more than conventional jet fuel.  The armed forces pointed out the fact that they had the responsibility to protect our country, not only today,  but 50 years from now as well, and needed flexibility and innovation to accomplish that.  Suffice it to say, we really got that.  Inhofe’s corrupt attempt to protect the oil companies at the expense of national security finally fell apart when millions of people called for him to face treason charges.

If we’re going to put our soldiers in dangerous,  no-win situations, we should at least not prevent them from protecting themselves.

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2 comments on “Despite Opposition, the U.S. Military Is Flying High with Biofuels ”
  1. Silent Running says:
    November 16, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    Craig that is why the majority of the GOP are classified as GOMERS

    and people who vote and support their gomer stupid decisions that in this case border on Treason are also gomers.

    Gomers dont fall too far from the Gomer Tree . thank god their minefields are close to the Tree most of time LOL !!!

    In time the bio fuel is cheaper than the regular oil.

    We could save Billions in tax money if we cut back from Middle Eastern oil protection schemes. We don’t need it and we are subsidizing many other Nations. The cost of military should be in the price per gallon and maybe then folks would wake up from this SCAM.

    Buy our own oil, burn less of it and convert to EV s and we would be better off and Cleaner too !

    Thanks for exposing this ongoing SCAM

  2. Breath on the Wind says:
    November 16, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    The down side of biofuel production is that millions of acres of tropical rain forest has been cleared to produce palm oil. Part of that production is used to make biofuels. https://www.foe.co.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/palm_oil_biofuel_position.pdf

    This makes it a bit hard to jump for joy at the use of biofuels in general and by the military as a large purchaser.