Navy Goes Green

[Guest ThePunisher]

Under pressures of Obama's green energy policies, the Navy is sending out a fleet of ships headed to the Pacific Ocean using biofuels at a cost of $36.00 a gallon versus $3.60 for diesel at a time when the armed services is strained by budgetary cuts. Another example of how green energy is going to bankrupt our country, and cost taxpayers more money.

[daddyo]

Idiots.

[RobertNashville]

Actually, I would say that the real problem is idiot politicians who are more concerned about their agendas and their supporter's agenda's than actually governing on principles and common sense.

As a concept, I'm fine with "green energy"....but moving to such energy has to be done in a way that makes economic (and common) sense.

[Guest bkelm18]

Source?

[Guest ThePunisher]

Drudge Report.

[RobertNashville]

Source?

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/navy-biofuels/

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48047296/ns/us_news-environment/

I'm sure there are plenty more.

[mcurrier]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/02/us-usa-navy-greenfleet-idUSBRE86106X20120702

[Guest ThePunisher]

Actually, I would say that the real problem is idiot politicians who are more concerned about their agendas and their supporter's agenda's than actually governing on principles and common sense.

As a concept, I'm fine with "green energy"....but moving to such energy has to be done in a way that makes economic (and common) sense.

Yep, the Obummer administration and his liberal/marxist cronies have proven to not have any common sense whatsoever.

[gjohnsoniv]

That is most certainly more green, money wise.

[Caster]

Wonder how long before they try to take the Navy's A2W reactors away and replace them with hamster wheels?

This is ridiculous.

[gjohnsoniv]

The better question to ask is which of Obama's companies is going broke producing this stuff and what other friends of his are benefiting.

[Guest bkelm18]

Wonder how long before they try to take the Navy's A2W reactors away and replace them with hamster wheels?

This is ridiculous.

It wouldn't surprise me. The A2W reactor is a severely outdated design and is only in use on the Enterprise aircraft carrier. The rest of the carriers use A4W reactors.

[Guest bkelm18]

But honestly sooner or later other methods of fuel are going to have to be tried and implemented. Oil isn't going to last forever.

[Garufa]

Typical of guvment expenditures. In April of this year the average price/gallon for a biodiesel blend was only pennies more than straight diesel. http://www.afdc.ener...afpr_apr_12.pdf

It is a viable and worthy alternative, just not when the government buys it.

Edited July 2, 2012 by Garufa

[mcurrier]

But honestly sooner or later other methods of fuel are going to have to be tried and implemented. Oil isn't going to last forever.

I disagree. They once thought that the earth was flat as well. I believe that what we call 'oil' is abiotic and replenishable and is manufactured deep below the surface of the earth near the core. Laugh now, but I'll put my bet on that and we'll see who's right in the end.

[Guest bkelm18]

I disagree. They once thought that the earth was flat as well. I believe that what we call 'oil' is abiotic and replenishable and is manufactured deep below the surface of the earth near the core. Laugh now, but I'll put my bet on that and we'll see who's right in the end.

I'm going to assume you're being humorous.

[Garufa]

I disagree. They once thought that the earth was flat as well. I believe that what we call 'oil' is abiotic and replenishable and is manufactured deep below the surface of the earth near the core. Laugh now, but I'll put my bet on that and we'll see who's right in the end.

Do you believe in alchemy as well?

[mcurrier]

Do you believe in alchemy as well?

Nope. But I do believe everything that I read on the internet. And I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[daddyo]

But honestly sooner or later other methods of fuel are going to have to be tried and implemented. Oil isn't going to last forever.

But how soon no one really seems to know. Instead of electric, I wish more money and research was spent on hydrogen as a fuel source, especially for automobiles.

Edited July 3, 2012 by DaddyO

[Guest bkelm18]

But how soon no one really seems to know. Instead of electric, I wish more money and research was spent on hydrogen as a fuel source, especially for automobiles.

I agree. In the end, electric powered vehicles are still using fossil fuels. Hydrogen is replenishable and frankly a cleaner fuel.

[plank white]

Who cares they pay for it with our money not theirs.

[Mark@Sea]

Mcurrier is at least partially correct. The theory that oil was sourced from biomatter degeneration (dead dinosaurs, etc) has been fairly conclusively overturned. A chemical mechanism for abiotic oil generation has been shown, although no real-world examples have been found.

Old, capped dry wells have been re-opened and found to be generating oil again.

Edited July 10, 2012 by Mark@Sea