The Navy’s renewable energy plan seems to be fading into the distance. Yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to strip much of its buying power of alternative fuels. The Senate appears to be nearly in lock-step with the House who are also skeptical of the “Great Green Fleet.”
As I noted on National Journal’s Energy & Environment Experts Blog this week, the high cost of renewable energy sources like wind, solar and biofuels will be extremely costly to taxpayers and inefficient for our troops–ultimately weakening our military forces. You can read my full response here:
