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Home Front: Politix
O Buys Synfuels for Navy at $16 per Gallon
2011-12-05
Call it $4 per liter and it doesn't sound so bad!

The departments of Agriculture and the Navy announced plans Monday to buy 450,000 gallons of non-food biofuels -- at a cost of $16 per gallon -- in what will be the largest federal purchase of biofuels in U.S. history.

The purchase is being authorized by an executive order under the Obama administration's "we can't wait" campaign. Administration officials gave no indication why they're not going through Congress, instead using a program that was established to promote rapid job growth by bypassing congressional debate.
I got an idea why they "can't wait."

Two campaign contributors companies will participate in the program -- Louisiana-based Dynamic Fuels, a joint venture of Tyson foods and Syntroleum Corp, which makes biofuel from used cooking oil; and California based Solazyme, which makes fuel from algae.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said the Navy's led the way in power innovation -- from sail to coal, coal to diesel, diesel to nuclear, and now to biofuel. Aircraft and ships will use a 50-50 blend of biofuel and conventional fuel.
Navy Secretary - that's an appointed position, isn't it?

Posted by:Bobby

#4  ION FREEREPUBLIC > DEBT CRISIS: ALL 17 EUROZONE COUNTRIES FACE LOSING "AAA" CREDIT STATUS.

and

* DRUDGEREPORT > 15 EU NATIONS PLACED ON NEGATIVE CREDIT WATCH.

versus

* RUSSIA TODAY > FED SECRETLY HANDED OUT US$8.0TRILYUHN.

ARTIC > Bloomberg Report indic that the US Govt spent the equivalent of nearly 1/2 of the US' entire production output on bailing out major banks between the 2008-2010 time period, + did so while also deliberately trying to hide the fact from the Amer People???

versus

* DEFENCE/PK/FORUM > US VS. ISLAMIC MILITANTS: INVISIBLE BALANCE OF POWER.

Despite appearances to the contrary, Radical Islam has effec blunted post-Cold War US hegemonic interests by preventing the US Superpower from turning Iraq + Afghanistan, etc? into viable US-controlled "economic colonies". COLD WAR-ERA, [anti-US/NATO Bloc] SOVIET-LED "STATE TERRORISM" HAS NOW BEEN SUPPLANTED BY ISLAMIST MILTERR-LED "GROUP TERRORISM" IN SUPPORT FO ANTI-US INTERNATIONAL OR GEOPOL INTERESTS.

Looks like the US = POTUS Bammer weirdly-n-mysteriously. but only coincidentally + PCorrectly-Deniably, just found another three reasons to attack Iran next year???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-12-05 21:15  

#3  HMMMMM, Chicken + Algae/Seaweed - D *** NG IT, ITS GOOD FOR 3-SQUARES A DAY + THE ENGINE ROOM!

[HOMER SIMPSON-IAN "HMMMM, TASTY MYSTERY GOO" DROOL here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-12-05 20:44  

#2  you can bet they were bundlers of Donk contributions
Posted by: Frank G   2011-12-05 20:00  

#1  Oh, a tip-o'-the-hat to my brother Brian, teaching in Korea!
Posted by: Bobby   2011-12-05 19:25  

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