Favors? Obama, Clinton Foundation donors sold ‘green’ fuel to military for $149 per gallon

BizPac Review ^ | 08/12/2015

[SeekAndFind]

Investigative reporting by a Washington, D.C. based publication brings up questions about how ethically the Obama administration has conducted government business.

The Washington Free Beacon reported:

The CEO and Board of Directors of Solazyme, a company the military paid $149 per gallon for “alternative” fuel, have donated more than $300,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis.

Recipients of significant donations included the Obama Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee. Additionally, Solazyme donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report found that the Department of Defense (DOD) paid Solazyme $149 per gallon for fuel made of algal oil, costing taxpayers a total of $223,500 in 2009. The group also received a $21 million stimulus grant from Department of Energy in 2009.

“Based in South San Francisco, Solazyme’s mission is to improve our lives and our planet by producing sustainable, high-performance oils and ingredients derived from microalgae,” the company states. Solazyme claims that their process serves as a better alternative to limited resources such as petroleum, vegetable oils, and animal fats.

Three members of Solazyme’s Board of Directors have donated hundreds of thousands to Dems, which include more than $50,000 in donations that benefited President Obama.

 

The manager of corporate communications for Solazyme, Christine Travis, disputed the $149 estimate.

“The dollar amount you cited is incorrect because that total cost includes the R&D portion we performed at the request of the DOD that was part of the testing and certification program with the Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy,” said Travis.

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[The_Media_never_lie]

Someone should definitely go to jail over this.

The environmental movement is full of hypocrites. If global warming were real, Al gore would live in a modest home and fly commercial.

[thorvaldr]

Most corrupt politician in US history.

[SGCOS]

..and the hits just keep on comin'

[econjack]

Why doesn’t the MSM pick this up?

Duh...

[GOPJ]

The CEO and Board of Directors of Solazyme, a company the military paid $149 per gallon for “alternative” fuel, have donated more than $300,000 to Democratic candidates and committees, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis. Recipients of significant donations included the Obama Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee. Additionally, Solazyme donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Yes, that's one hundred and forty nine dollars per gallon...

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Yes, that’s one hundred and forty nine dollars per gallon...

And what idiot in the military approved this deal?

[Red Badger]

Sola-slime.................

[BamaAndy]

Sick, truly greedy sons—the company and the clintons. Friggin felons all.

I mmean damn, just damn.

When will we see justice?? Ever??

[Milton Miteybad]

Good thing we spent $150 a gallon for "green fuel" instead of wasting taxpayer dollars buying diesel and gasoline for less than 3 bucks a gallon.

That right there is what you call "smart power." (Heh, heh...heh, heh...)

[navyguy]

Never. These people are allowed to operate completely outside of the law.

That’s where we are at as a society.

See my tag line...

[Gay State Conservative]

The jet fuel used by the DoD is surely highly refined at enormous expense.But it started out as diesel fuel which is what I put in my car.Today I filled up at $2.49 a gallon.

[USAF80]

It’s probably the same idiot that approved ethanol fuel in all gov’t gas powered vehicles.

[generally]

Who? Bill? Hitlery? 0vomit?

They’re in a pretty tight race for most corrupt.

[generally]

If there were any justice in America, I would be investing in the company that makes orange jumpsuits.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm ..?? Maybe the “green fuel” is why so many of our planes were having all sorts of issues.

These “greenies” are so ignorant as to what that type of fuel might do to metal parts of aircraft .. I just hope it didn’t cost the lives of our airmen.

[ilovesarah2012]

Well, maybe they can use it in AF1.

[CyberAnt]

Does that revelation tell us that Obama is in on the “Foundation” ..??

And .. is that the reason Obama doesn’t seem too eager to punish Hillary ..??

However, the new guy at FBI, Carter, has his best team investigating her. So, who knows who will win out.

[piasa]

The biofuel, made from a blend of used cooking oil, will be mixed with aviation gas or marine diesel fuel for use in the 'Green Strike Group' demonstration, according to the departments' release. It is a 'drop-in fuel,' which means that no modifications to the engines are required to burn the fuel. To prepare for the demonstration, the Navy completed testing of all aircraft, including F/A-18, blue Angels and the V-22 Osprey. It also tested the RCB-X, a command boat.

http://defense.about.com/od/weaponry/a/Riverine-Command-Boat-Experimental-Rcb-X.htm

Hmmm.... Swedish riverine boats, where have we heard about those in the news lately...

(snip) The USN sailors departed Iran's Farsi Island, a sensitive location home to an Iranian navy base, at 08:43 GMT aboard the two CB90 Riverine Command Boats (RCBs) that they had been operating, the Pentagon said. ...A senior defence official said the USN had "lost contact with two small US naval craft en route from Kuwait to Bahrain". It was not clear what had led to the lost communications or a reported mechanical failure in one of the craft....The CB90 Riverine Command Boat is a Swedish-designed riverine patrol craft. --- http://www.janes.com/article/57173/iran-briefly-detains-10-us-navy-sailors-on-farsi-island

Speaking of Sweden, the Swedes seem to have awful strong interests in Iran, and Hillary with both. And the Clinton Foundation as well as Obama have been on the receiving end of a lot of donations from the same biofuels company involved in the Navy green fuels program:

Clinton Fdn raised $26 mn in Sweden as gov’t lobbied Hillary on Iran sanctions report ------- https://www.rt.com/usa/264793-clinton-foundation-sweden-iran/