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1 posted on 05/08/2014 10:54:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t forget that green fuel is better than health care for veterans as they must wait for care and die doing it.


2 posted on 05/08/2014 10:57:16 AM PDT by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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Just more Democrat money laundering.


3 posted on 05/08/2014 10:57:16 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I know where I can get some 100+ octane for about $7.00/gal here in Reno. :>} Just sayin’.


4 posted on 05/08/2014 10:58:10 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: Olog-hai

Navy Takes Biofuels Campaign Into Uncharted Waters

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2011/January/Pages/NavyTakesBiofuelsIntoUnchartedWaters.aspx

Since 2006, the Defense Logistics Agency has procured more than 36 million gallons of ethanol-and-petroleum blends for the military. The Navy in September ordered an additional 150,000 gallons of algae-based fuel from San Francisco company Solazyme. The new agreement is seven times the size of the initial 20,000-gallon contract awarded last year. The Navy is paying big bucks for these fuels.

The service consumes an average of 1.2 billion gallons of petroleum each year at a cost of $3 billion — about $2.50 per gallon. The service paid Solazyme $8.5 million to provide just 20,000 gallons of algae-based fuel — $425 per gallon. At that rate, it would cost the Navy some $142.8 billion for the 8 million barrels of biofuel needed to meet its 2020 goal.

Camelina-based fuel is a bit cheaper but still more expensive than petroleum. In September 2009 the DLA’s defense energy support center paid Montana’s Sustainable Oils $2.7 million for 40,000 gallons of camelina-based fuel. That comes to about $67.50 per gallon.


5 posted on 05/08/2014 10:58:25 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Olog-hai

Meh. I’m not particularly happy about the “green” part of it, but I would fully expect our military to conduct expensive experiments with alternate fuels which could be utilized in a resource-constricted conflict.

Apparently some of the people complaining about this skipped history class and don’t know that having options like this would have been a huge boon in WWII.


6 posted on 05/08/2014 11:00:12 AM PDT by bolobaby
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Yup, just got my “your SGLI premium’s going up two bucks” email this morning. It’s still a helluva deal at $28 a month.


14 posted on 05/08/2014 1:18:29 PM PDT by jagusafr (the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
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