Panel of Retired Military Leaders Calls for a More Energy-Efficient Military

The world's number one polluter is not some big corporation or evil car manufacturer. The world's largest polluter is the United States Government--you know, the government that all the Al Gorebots want to put in charge of regulating pollution. That one.

The largest polluter in the U.S. government is the military.

Amid efforts by the Obama Administration to (pretend) to support and press for green initiatives, comes this report. Truth be told, hwoever, the Pentagon has been moving towards more efficient fuel usage and alternative fuel sources for years. Since way before Al Gore even discovered Power Point, even.

The advisory board, which is made up of retired generals, admirals, and one former space shuttle commander, concludes that getting off our extreme dependence on petroleum-based fuels is essential to national security. The panel says that the report is meant as a bolster to the current efforts being made by the military.

Given the timing of the report's release and the lack of such a report for the last decade, when the military was already undergoing long-term efficiency research, I'd say this report is almost entirely politically driven.

In other words, these brave people who served our country are now being used as political pawns to further someone's agenda.

Think about it. The Pentagon and various military research groups like DARPA have been working on alternative fuels for at least 10-15 years. Yet this panel and its report only just now show up to call for "change?"

Come on.

Anyway, the report is right, despite its timing and obvious political motives. What it leaves out is that the military has been working towards these goals for a long time already.

Hell, in the 1980s, DARPA was responsible for discovering that algae could be used to make biofuels!

Just my thoughts on the latest news.