By Steve Milloy ——Bio and Archives--July 21, 2009
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“What we can’t allow us to become is a bunch of well-meaning, well-intended, well-educated environmental folks sitting around the fireplace singing ‘Kumbaya,’” he said. “If we are really going to be successful, it has to be embedded in our mission.”But according to ClimateWire,
… many officers will want solid proof that “greener” fuels and equipment are reliable and perform just as well. Glenn Schmitt, environmental director at a Navy fleet fuel depot on Puget Sound, got a waiver to go back to jet fuel when he realized that biodiesel was clogging his engine filters, for example…You can almost hear the battlefield conversation:
Tank commander: Put this thing in gear and let’s get out of here! Tank driver: I can’t sir. It’s stuck in carbon neutral!Shouldn’t the military just focus on its core mission — which is already difficult enough — without worrying about solving imaginary problems that have costly and performance hampering solutions? Besides, Al Gore doesn’t worry about his carbon footprint, so why should Sgt. Fury?
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Steve Milloy publishes JunkScience.com and GreenHellBlog.com and is the author of Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them