Will the Navy Sink Obama’s “Green” Policies?

Capital Research Center ^ | April 4, 2018 | by Haelena Bondi-Camacho

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Lingering “environmentally-friendly” policies from the Obama administration that sailed under the false colors of “national security” might be on their way out.

The U.S. Navy recently announced that it is canceling a “green” Obama-era fuel-efficiency project for its fleet of destroyers. The project’s aim was to “install fuel-efficient hybrid electric drives in 34 destroyers.” The program has spent approximately $52 million so far, but the Navy “zeroed out funding in 2019” for the project when problems began to arise. A Navy official noted that the hybrid electric drives created an “intense electrical load” on the destroyer and weren’t as fuel efficient as some had hoped.

While using hybrid electric drives and other “sustainable” products in the military isn’t necessarily a bad thing, these projects need to be thoughtfully continued or canceled to ensure that progress is made in the name of national security and efficiency rather than in the name of politics.

The lasting question here is how long will these “green” and Obama-era policies stick around, and when will the military be allowed to shift its focus to enhancing national security rather than propping up an anemic industry in the name of politics?

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

So you replace a large fossil fuel burning main engine with a large fossil fuel burning generator plus a ton of batteries and think you’re coming out ahead? That’s insane.

[central_va]

Actually a destroyer on batteries would be very quiet and make passive sonar ops way easier. I approve.

[Robert A Cook PE]

USD Constitution is wind powered. And is the only USN ship to have sunk an enemy vessel in combat. Several, actually. May be the only USN ship to have actually been in combat actually fighting an enemy ship.