12/25/2012

With the budget deficit, the government continues to find things to waste lots of money on, military biofuels

Besides the exorbitant costs, sing less efficient fuel means shorter distances that our military can travel without requiring refueling.
A House-Senate deal on defense legislation omits a GOP-backed plan to thwart military purchases of biofuels.The Senate already had stripped restrictive language from its version of the defense authorization bill last month, making it differ from the House. House and Senate negotiators took cues from the Senate's version.
“There is no limiting language in there. It looks favorable at this point and I commend the administration for the hard line it took,” Michael McAdams, president of the Advanced Biofuels Association, told The Hill on Tuesday.
A House-Senate negotiating group unveiled the compromise bill Tuesday afternoon. House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said the bill is scheduled for a Thursday House vote, is expected to pass the Senate and will hit President Obama's desk Friday. . . .

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