Comments on: Airlines, Farm Groups Petition Senate for Military Biofuels

By: Navy, USDA and DOE Provide $62 Million for Aviation and Diesel Biofuel

Navy, USDA and DOE Provide $62 Million for Aviation and Diesel Biofuel — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:04:37 +0000

[…] announcement follows a months-long battle over the U.S. military’s biofuel initiatives, which ended up with a Republican-led attempt in Congress to prevent the Department of Defense from […]

By: Air Force Funds New Biofuel Research

Air Force Funds New Biofuel Research — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:05:47 +0000

[…] Tweet Last month, some members of Congress voted to squeeze biofuels out of contention for Department of Defense fuel contracts by setting the bar at relatively low fossil fuel prices. However, a new biofuel […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:34:00 +0000

hmm, who knew Cliff’s 3.6% figure would be off…

i covered this one, too, a couple years ago: http://cleantechnica.com/2010/01/15/where-do-we-get-our-oil/

By: tesla33

tesla33 — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:41:00 +0000

to Cliff & Bob: Imports from countries that hate us including the Middle East & Venezuela are closer to 40%. ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html
We could stop importing this oil by increasing alternative fuel production (from algae and other NON-food crops), support the military use of alternatives and start buying electric or hybrid cars. We must take these actions, don’t count on gov’ts to get it right.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:54:00 +0000

If you are correct and we get only 3.6% of our oil from the Persian Gulf why should we continue to wreck our economy and take money from citizens who truly need our help in order to maintain an outrageously large military?

Let the people who use the other 94.4% step up and contribute to peacekeeping in order to keep their oil flowing.

Let’s cut our military down to a more reasonable size and take care of those of us who have been shafted by the greed of the 1%.

(Ever wonder why the crowd didn’t call out “Cliff!” when you entered the bar…. ;o)

By: Cl1ffClav3n

Cl1ffClav3n — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:18:00 +0000

The U.S. only gets 3.6% of its energy from the Persian Gulf, and those countries have to sell oil or collapse, as it’s their only commodity. Our friends in Europe and Asia, far more dependent upon that oil, are glad the U.S. buys some of its oil there, as that reduces the risk we would just walk away and leave them to starve if somebody tried to close the Strait of Hormuz or something else drastic. The much greater risk to everybody’s security is that the U.S. Administration will continue to run it’s fiscal ship into the rocks by flushing money down the toilet on biofuels and vote-buying entitlements, make drastic cuts to the Navy and military, and thereby leave the world’s commerce and oil supply truly at risk. This is the first ray of light out of Congress in a long time.

By: United, Boeing, UOP form MASBI to promote biofuel economy

United, Boeing, UOP form MASBI to promote biofuel economy — Sun, 27 May 2012 09:01:02 +0000

[…] aviation industry group A4A joined with the agriculture industry and other stakeholders to petition the Senate to reconsider its decision to block biofuel purchased by the military, but in the meantime it seems […]

By: sola

sola — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:33:00 +0000

It seems like the Republicans have no strategic vision at all.

Let’s say the fossil oil reserves of the US get depleted. How would they make their military work if the OPEC countries decide to stop selling oil to the US?

Obviously, the US needs to kill its dependence on foreign oil if it wants to keep its military power (at least the dependence of the military). This will only work if there is sufficient biofuel production in the US. This can only be developed if they actively buy biofuel from US producers so there is constant demand. Prices will go down especially if the army takes an active role and finances R&D (which it actually does, even now).