Comments on: House Republicans Try to Cut Military’s Clean Energy Initiatives http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/21/house-republicans-try-to-cut-militarys-clean-energy-initiatives/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Congress Still Hates Biofuel (For the Military) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/21/house-republicans-try-to-cut-militarys-clean-energy-initiatives/#comment-124481 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:09:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38354#comment-124481 […] study is a response to a measure recently proposed that would block the purchase of biofuels unless said biofuels are comparatively priced with […]

]]> By: Breath on the Wind http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/21/house-republicans-try-to-cut-militarys-clean-energy-initiatives/#comment-121780 Tue, 22 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38354#comment-121780 Agree with RobS and Bob_Wallace. The primary issue with the military is security. Cost is and should always be secondary. Horses are likely cheaper than tanks, biplanes cheaper than jets, sticking our heads in the sand cheaper than satellites but security dictates that there be military research and spending. We can limit but not eliminate alternative fuel spending. See cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/21/house-republicans-try-to-cut-militarys-clean-energy-initiatives/#comment-121748 Tue, 22 May 2012 01:59:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38354#comment-121748 The military has made it clear that they see climate change as a security issue for the US.

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/pentagon-calls-climate-change-a-destabilizing-geopolitical-force.html

Biofuels are a defensive move.

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Solar systems are small enough to fly in. No need to send a single convoy.

]]> By: RobS http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/21/house-republicans-try-to-cut-militarys-clean-energy-initiatives/#comment-121745 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:32:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38354#comment-121745 The issue and cost with military energy is transport and security. Over 3000 US military lives have been lost in fuel convoy attacks, the cost of running and securing fuel convoys has come to about $300 per gallon of fuel delivered in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also struggle to see the benefit of biofuels because they still need to be delivered, using solar however to cut down on generator us and using hybrid vehicles or even EVs to minimise diesel use has enormous life and money saving potential. $300 per gallon fuel means generator produced power costs about $30 per kwh, considering solar now produces at about $0.20 per kwh and only requires one delivery convoy it’s pretty easy to argue distributed generation isnfa cheaper and safer.

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