The Circle Of Life – Pond Scum Thrives Thanks To Political Scum
Government Grant + Green Research + Green Start Up + Campaign Donation = Government Loan to Billionaire in Green Start Up gets Government Contract
In 2012, the Navy paid $424 per gallon for biofuel derived from algae. That same year, in another much-hyped example of the Great Green Fleet, it spent about $27 per gallon for 450,000 gallons of biofuel.
One of the companies that got a lucrative biofuel contract from the military was the San Francisco–based Solazyme Inc
According to the Congressional Research Service, in 2009, Solazyme got a $223,000 contract for 1,500 gallons of algae-based motor fuel. That works out to $149 per gallon. Perhaps it’s a coincidence, but Solazyme has also been a big donor to Democratic causes, giving some $300,000 to Democratic candidates and committees. The company has also donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
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Well, in their defense, the military is now at war with Global Warming.
And Eastasia. Always Eastasia.
Luckily out Littoral Combat ships and a destroyer that cost the same as an aircraft carrier, can’t fight their way out of a paper bag, and the damn LCS’s can’t run for more than 100 hours at a time before breaking down and requiring a tow and then 6 months in drydock. Think of all the fuel saved by building fast little ships with hull plating thinner than a cookie sheet with engines that don’t work. They’re saving millions in fuel costs.
Paul – I think their priorities are ass backwards.