Fleet replenishment oiler Henry J. Kaiser, left, delivers a 50-50 blend of advanced biofuels and traditional petroleum-based fuel to the guided-missile cruiser Princeton during the Great Green Fleet demonstration portion of Rim of the Pacific 2012 exercise. Photo: MC3 Ryan Mayes / U.S. Navy
Navy Draws Fire As It Touts 'Green Fleet' -- Houston Chronicle
As the Navy ran exercises with biofuel-powered planes and vessels near Hawaii on Wednesday and Thursday, top Obama administration officials hit back against earlier criticism that the endeavor was a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the "Great Green Fleet" test exercises for the first time proved that aircraft carriers, FA-18 jets and other equipment can run on advanced biofuels without any modifications - a major milestone in his quest to find an alternative to fuels derived from foreign oil.
"It was worthwhile to show that biofuels can compete and can be used in every single thing that we do in the Navy," Mabus said in a conference call with reporters Thursday.
Read more ....
My Comment: $27 for a gallon of fuel .... just to prove that biofuels can be used even though regular fuel is plentiful and readily available at a fraction of that cost. Ignoring the simple fact that converting food products to biofuels will exacerbate the food crisis .... shale oil and oil from tar sands costs less .... and there are hundreds of billions of barrels of that type of oil available in both Canada and the U.S..
No comments:
Post a Comment