Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel?

blackfive.net 02 Jul '12, 7pm

Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel?

This sort of stuff drives me crazy. Why is Secretary of the Navy Mabus fooling around with this sort of nonsense under the guise of being “necessary for national defense” when we’re in the middle of a oil shale revolution that shows the US with the most proven oil reserves in the world? Secondly and just as important, why during times of tight budgets is he willing to pay $27 dollars for biofuel when conventional fuel costs $3.60? Example: A U.S. Navy oiler slipped away from a fuel depot on the Puget Sound in Washington state one recent day, headed toward the central Pacific and into the storm over the Pentagon's controversial green fuels initiative. In its tanks, the USNS Henry J. Kaiser carried nearly 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum to power the cruisers, destroyers and fighter jets of what the Navy has taken to calling the "Great Green Fleet," the firs...

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@lonnieferguson1 » 04 Jul '12, 10am
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RT @jfvincent: Because he's an idiot? "@mathewsjw Why Did Obama Order the Navy 2 pay $27 a gallon for biofuel? [link]"
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@mathewsjw » 04 Jul '12, 12am
Why Did Obama Order the Navy 2 pay $27 a gallon for biofuel? [link]
@JewishAmPatriot » 03 Jul '12, 10pm
BLACKFIVE: Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel? [link] via @sharethis It's more payola Obama style
@dupui » 03 Jul '12, 8pm
“@petersomerville: Now why would the US Navy be paying $27 per gallon for biofuels? [link]” it's a tax
@petersomerville » 03 Jul '12, 8pm
Now why would the US Navy be paying $27 per gallon for biofuels? [link]
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BLACKFIVE: Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel?: A U.S. Navy oiler slipped away from a fuel ... [link]
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RT @SereDoc: Why is the US Navy willing to pay $27 dollars for biofuel when conventional fuel costs $3.60? [link] #military #tcot #teaparty
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GreenPeace ordered Obama to order them to RT @HonorThem: Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel? [link]
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RT @B2Journal: Black5: Why is the Navy paying $27 a gallon for biofuel? If you’re not disgusted, shame on you [link] #tcot
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Black5: Why is the Navy paying $27 a gallon for biofuel? If you’re not disgusted, shame on you [link] #tcot
@davethul » 02 Jul '12, 10pm
Military budget crunch? Not for Navy which just paid $27/gallon for 450k gallons of biofuel for a 'green energy' demo. [link]
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Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel? (via BlackFive) [link]
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RT @AllMilitaryNews: (Blackfive) Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel?: This sort of stuff drives me crazy. Why i... [link]
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Why is the Navy willing to pay $27 a gallon for biofuel? [link]
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RT @SereDoc: Why is the US Navy willing to pay $27 dollars for biofuel when conventional fuel costs $3.60? [link] #military #tcot #teaparty
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