Reflections From a Murky Pond

The American military, and the respective military forces of much of the Civilized World, is making strides to “upgrade” their arsenal of ordnance, weaponry and delivery platforms to meet society’s new “Green” agenda.

I Love The Smell Of Napalm In The Morning;
It Smells Like … French Fries?

This will, of course, have some largely unexpected and probably disturbing consequences. 😉

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H/T to Attack Cartoons from whence I shamelessly stole this cartoon.

Tags: Biofuel | Cartoons | Global Warming | Green | Humor | Military | Terrorism | Terrorists | The Environment | War | War On Terror | Weaponry

This entry was posted on Monday, April 12th, 2010 at 8:37 am and is filed under Humor, Politics. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Coffee – the dark and invigorating brew that fuels Americans every morning – could soon be providing energy to far more than just our bodies and minds. Engineers at the University of Nevada have proven that used coffee grounds can be effectively used as a source for both biodiesel and solid fuel pellets.

Details of their findings can be found here [PDF].

Every 1,000,000 pounds of coffee grounds can produce just slightly over 13,900 gallons of biodiesel and 847,600 lbs of solid fuel pellets. Since Starbucks generates an estimated 210,000,000 – yes, 210 million – pounds of spent coffee grounds per year in the US, the researchers at the University of Nevada believe that Starbucks could amount to 2,920,000 gallons of biodiesel and 89,000 tons of fuel pellets. This would represent just slightly less than 2.00% (1.986%) of the estimated 147,000,000,000 gallons of diesel fuel required by the US and Europe annually. Now that’s some go juice!

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This entry was posted on Saturday, December 6th, 2008 at 2:02 pm and is filed under Food & Drink, Technology, The Environment. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil. His reward from a state that heavily promotes alternative fuels: a $1,000 fine last month for not paying motor fuel taxes. He’s been told to expect another $1,000 fine from the federal government. And to legally use veggie oil, state officials told him, he would have to first post a $2,500 bond.

The state of North Carolina has decided that they prefer the $1.2 billion annual revenue from gas taxes over freedom from foreign oil or environmental concerns.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 at 4:28 pm and is filed under Politics, The Environment. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.