REPORT: Navy’s Biofuels Program Is A Huge Step Backwards
5th January 2017
The U.S. Navy’s biofuels program has “failed to demonstrate any operational or strategic advantages over petroleum and have actually increased costs” for the military, according to a new report by defense experts.
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
In 2011, President Barack Obama ordered the Navy to diversify its energy sources by using biofuels. The Obama administration based the decision on former Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis’ call to “unleash” the Corps from “the tether of fuel.” Mattis is now President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense.
I doubt that Mattis was calling for more cronyist ‘green’ initiatives.