“This just confirms that many Flag Officers (Admirals and Generals) have devolved to cajoneless cowards under the Hussein Regime!”
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Roger That!
“This just confirms that many Flag Officers (Admirals and Generals) have devolved to cajoneless cowards under the Hussein Regime!”
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Roger That!
A big theme for DARPA research these days is the death of the supply line. They want to kill it. They want to kill the supply line. How? By developing the technology to create the materials for a base on the spot. DARPA is investing a lot in 3D printing. As well, the pentagon is investing in biofuels.
Why this big desire to kill the supply line?
I was at an energy committee meeting in the Sam Rayburn building on capital hill in Washington DC a couple weeks ago.
Someone asked the people on the dias what the cost of fuel was for soldiers in Afghanistan. The answer that came back was that soldiers are driving around their humvees with gasoline that costs $300 a gallon. Why this huge cost? Because the gas has to be freighted long distance with all kinds of toll takers along the way (either the russians or the Pakistanis.)
If they could grow the fuel on the spot — then even gas that cost $30@ gallon or even $100@gallon would be much cheaper.
But the biofuel industry is a new industry. Like any other, as they get economies of scale and hammer the chinks out of the process—the price of the fuel will come down.
John McCain when he came out against these biofuel purchases was not serving his country well.
What would he know. After all, navy nuclear carriers bring their own fuel with them and desalinate their water in the deep ocean as they pass over.