US navy launches first biofuel-powered aircraft carriers

AP ^ | Jan. 21, 2016

[PROCON]

The US navy on Wednesday launched its first carrier strike group powered partly by biofuel a mix made from beef fat, calling it a milestone toward easing the military's reliance on foreign oil.

The maritime branch touted the warships as the centrepiece of its "Great Green Fleet" part of a navy-wide initiative that aims to draw 50% of its power from alternative energy in four years.

[PROCON]

Would someone please tell me how this is superior to Nuclear powered?

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping

[Yo-Yo]

How about some biodiesel made from PORK FAT and use it to cruise the Persian Gulf for a bit.

[txhurl]

Hmm.. not the Onion.

[forgotten man]

Duh, I wonder if the vendor selling $26 per gallon fuel to the Navy is a big time Democrat.

[prof.h.mandingo]

This will not appease the enviro. weenies. They hate cows. This will cause us to breed even more.

[PROCON]

the centrepiece of its "Great Green Fleet" part of a navy-wide initiative Great Green Scam Initiative.

Fixed it/sheesh

[RightOnTheBorder]

How long till one of these breaks down near Iran and gets captured by a fishing boat?

[hadaclueonce]

Jimmy Carter who claimed to be a nuke engineer (a big lie) said no to the carrier USS JFK being a nuke.

From what I was told the carrier was limited to being connected to the two fuel tankers that followed it around for adding more fuel.

Obama once again wanted to out do Carter for being stupid.

[SkyDancer]

Reliance on foreign oil? I’ve news for somebody. And it costs more to produce that stuff.

[lurk]

This reads like hard-to-believe satire.

Venezuela may soon become a match for us militarily.

[ManHunter]

I’m gonna pass on this nonsense.

[Smokin' Joe]

This will cause us to breed even more.

Yabbut you won't see the price of lean hamburger go down any. The Navy will be blowing it out their tailpipe.

[Tonytitan]

Can we put Ray Mabus at or near the top of individual fired by the incoming Trump administration. This dikwad is nothing but a totally useless leftist tool. He orders the Commandant of the Marine Corps to integrate women into combat roles and now this biofuel b.s. Get rid of him!

[BlueNgold]

Read the article...
Stennis is a nuke.
It is the escorts working on a 90/10 diesel/biodiesel mix.

[pgkdan]

Someone please tell me this pos article is satire! Please!

[Blood of Tyrants]

The USS JFK was commissioned long before Carter came into office. Keel laid in 1964, christened in ‘67, and launched in ‘68.

[PROCON]

It still isn’t more efficient/cost effective than nuclear powered.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Also, the Kennedy was originally designed as a nuke but was changed to conventional power to save on construction cost (or so I heard).

[lacrew]

I still remember a news piece on the 3 Mile Island incident...Jimmah had come down to inspect the situation...Jimmah the nuclear engineer, of course. It was as if Superman had swooped in to save the day.