{"id":48909,"date":"2014-05-27T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=48909"},"modified":"2014-05-27T07:53:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T11:53:13","slug":"generals-feathering-their-own-nests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=48909","title":{"rendered":"Generals feathering their own nests"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that retired generals are using the “climate change” issue to set themselves up for riches with “studies” that point to the junk science as a national security issue;<\/p>\n

The report, which the Obama administration immediately hailed as a call to action, was issued not by a private advocacy group but by a Pentagon-financed think tank that trumpets \u201cabsolute objectivity.\u201d The research was funded by a climate change group that is also one of the think tank\u2019s main customers.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The Center for Naval Analyses\u2019 motto is \u201chigh quality, impartial information.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the CNA panel\u2019s vice chairmen, retired Navy Vice Adm. Lee Gunn, is president of a private think tank, the American Security Project, whose prime issue is warning about climate change.<\/p>\n

The other vice chairman, retired Army Brig. Gen. Gerald E. Galloway Jr., is a prominent adviser to the Center for Climate and Security, a climate change group.<\/p>\n

In all, four CNA board members sit on the panel of advisers to the Center for Climate and Security, whose statements on climate change are similar to those found in the CNA report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In an age when Defense dollars are few and far between, these flag officers are scheming to pocket millions for their own pockets. The Heritage Foundation<\/a> warns that the climate change misinformation campaign threatens readiness;<\/p>\n

Studies have shown that biofuels are more corrosive than regular diesel and can therefore increase maintenance costs within the Navy\u2019s fleet. This would only worsen the current fleet\u2019s dire situation, since inspection failures are already occurring at an alarming rate within the fleet. Increasing average age of U.S. fleet; delayed, deferred, and underfunded modernization; and use of fuels with potentially harmful consequences is a recipe for a fleet readiness crisis.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Biofuels are disproportionately more expensive than conventional fuels. A gallon of biofuel costs $26, whereas the Department of Defense purchases diesel at about $3.60 per gallon. Many argue that this rate will decrease over time as biofuel production increases, but in the interim, the Navy\u2019s readiness would be further damaged by wasting precious resources on biofuels that are seven times more expensive than the Navy\u2019s conventional fuels\u2014not including the increased maintenance costs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, this just another example of how the Left sees the military as a tool to advance their liberal agendas and force them down the throats of the taxpaying public. Even the “science community” can’t convincingly influence the public of climate change without padding their numbers. It was a coming ice age in the 70s and then global warming just in the last decade. Now they call it “climate change” because they can’t even convince themselves these days. And these generals don’t really care about the truth as long as they can stuff taxpayer dollars in their pockets like they’ve done their whole lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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