Posted on 01/20/2016 3:11:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Clearly human driven climate change and anthropogenic global warming can not be defeated through political action alone. A challenge this monumental will call for more strident measures. With that in mind, the Obama administration has apparently decided to bring in the big guns… literally. The Pentagon has been ordered to “address climate change.” (Free Beacon)
A new directive issued by Pentagon leaders mandates that the agency work to "assess and manage risks associated with the impacts of climate change," according to a copy of the Jan. 14 directive issued by Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work.
As the Obama administration focuses on a larger effort to push its climate change agenda, the Pentagon will now "address the impacts of climate change." This includes engaging in "deliberate preparation, close cooperation, and coordinated planning" to "improve climate preparedness and resilience," according to the directive.
The partnership will include state governments and the private sector.
I’m not even sure what this is supposed to mean. Are we attacking polar bears with drones? The directive goes on to state that the Department of Defense must adapt current and future operations to address the impacts of climate change in order to maintain an effective and efficient U.S. military. Is there some sort of pamphlet or handbook that goes along with this, possibly providing specific instructions? They’re being told to prepare for altered operating environments related to climate change. I suppose the Navy would like to know if any of the channels will be deeper or if any coastal bases are underwater, but beyond that I’m drawing a blank.
Or perhaps they’re supposed to be doing more to lessen their impact on climate change. That might be it. But you may recall that we already experimented with navy vessels running on biofuels to reduce our carbon footprint. The result was that the ships cost a massive amount more to operate without any noticeable benefit. They wouldn’t try something like that again, would they?
Oh, I guess they would. (US News & World Report)
The Navy is launching a carrier strike group to be powered partly by biofuel, calling it a milestone toward easing the military’s reliance on foreign oil.
The maritime branch is touting the warships as the centerpiece of its “Great Green Fleet.” Most of the group’s ships will be run for now on a mix of 90 percent petroleum and only 10 percent biofuels, though that could change in the future. The Navy originally aimed for a 50-50 ratio.
On Wednesday, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stood on a pier at the North Island naval base in San Diego Bay where the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Stennis and the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale were preparing for a seven-month deployment. The Stockdale will be the first Navy ship to regularly run on alternative fuel.
You can go ahead and vote me off the island now, thanks. I think I’m done playing.
Has Obama had enough time to purge every decent military executive yet?
What does that cost about $350 a gallon?
The more of our defense resources we can soak up on nonsense like fighting climate change, the less secure our nation is.
Which is obviously Obama’s plan and goal.
I think that the Pentagon should study and plan the hell out of this proposal until the current crop of regulatory maroons have been stripped naked and driven into the wilderness.
No but.....
An update on the US Navy’s plans to develop a so-called Green Strike Force, as in vehicles powered by biofuels instead of petroleum: Renewable Energy World reports that the Navy has contracted to purchase 450,000 gallons of biofuel, for use in jets and ships.
The Navy uses some 3.36 million gallons of fuel a day, so obviously this purchase is really just a drop in the bucket of overall fuel consumption.
Receiving the contract is Dynamic Fuels, who just supplied the fuel for one of the first biofuel-powered jet flights in the US, and a joint venture between Syntroleum and Tyson Foods (yes, the agribusiness-factory farming goliath).
Dynamic won’t be actually supplying the fuel itself though. It’s fuels are usually made from animal fat, the byproduct of factory farming and in my oft-expressed opinion a hugely awful idea from an environmental and animal welfare standpoint, or from used cooking oil, much better environmentally and a hugely popular example of creative recycling but frankly a non-starter when scale is concerned.
Instead, Dynamic Fuels has apparently subcontracted out to algae biofuel developers Solazyme—which three years ago was proudly proclaiming that millions of gallons of algae biofuel would be already in commercial production, something which has obviously not come to pass.
The Navy will be using the biofuel in a 50-50 blend with petroleum-based fuels, and is expected to run $15 a gallon when blended. The entire biofuel order is running $12 million, or $26.67 a gallon.
As for when this fuel will actually be used, the Navy says it hopes to deploy it during a demonstration exercise off the coast of Hawaii sometime in summer 2012, and hopes to be power an entire mission by biofuels by 2016. By 2020, the Navy plans on using alternatives to fossil fuels for 50% of its needs.
No wonder the US of A is now the laughing stock of the world.
It took Obama working 4 hours a day for 7 years to pull this off......
Great, a pedal powered tank and rubber band powered F22.
Ground Air Force One for a year.
No, because he's trying his best to coordinate and synchronize purging military personnel with arranging for the enemy to "aquire" our military hardware. Ideally, we'll run out of personnel and equipment at the same time next January.
That biofuel comes from ALGAE. It’s made in South San Francisco by SOLAZYME, which is owned by BIG donors to Obama.
Not sure you’ll believe this:
That biofuel is $150 per gallon.
You read that right.
AND lots of technicians think it screws up engines.
The Tyson Foods that has in the past funneled beau coup moolah to Bill and Hillary Clinton?
off the coast of Hawaii
= = =
This is good.
Harpoon some whales. Render them for their biofuel.
Put up solar panels and windmills on the ships. Better yet, put up an array of sails on a carrier, similar to the old 3-masters.
Biofuel works just fine in a turbine engine, but it costs out the wazoo. This is a poor use of taxpayer dollars, and degrades military effectiveness.
It has become a social experiment where performace comes a distant third behind political correctness and this administration's social cesspool agendas.
Yup, one and the same, Tyson Foods.
I'm sure they prefer to have pronounced So la zyme, but I can't help thinking it's a semi hidden FU, So lazy me Company, related in some fashion to Solyndra.
According to Proceedings over $25.00.
Who exactly are they at war with?
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