Tuesday Energy Blogging: They’re at it again. Equating conservation that saves soldiers’ lives with weakness.
Posted by: Donna
Shame on them. Simply, shame on them.
If reducing fuel consumption would lessen fatalities among soldiers putting themselves at great risk transporting the fuel, then why would anyone in their right mind oppose that?
Excerpt from a Gabrielle Giffords campaign press release sent out today:
August 30, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Anne Hilby
(520) 289-4515
anne@giffordsforcongress.comAZ-08: Conservatives for Congress plays politics with troops’ lives
Tucson, Ariz. – Every year, American troops risk their lives guarding fuel transport lines and convoys, with nearly 1,000 casualties in 2004 alone. Giffords for Congress today called on special interest group Conservatives for Congress to cancel its new TV ad that plays politics with the lives of U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan.
The ad—which cuts off General David Petraeus before he has finished speaking—makes an issue of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ questioning of General Petraeus before the House Armed Services Committee. Giffords asked General Petraeus about the military policy of reducing fuel consumption. Many U.S. troops have lost their lives or been injured on fuel resupply convoys.
Arizona National Guardsman Mark Cardenas saw firsthand the dangers of our military’s dependence on fuel. Cardenas guarded more than 4,000 miles of convoys during his 15-month deployment to Iraq that began in August 2006. “As someone who spent 15 months guarding convoys – the vast majority of which were fuel convoys – in Iraq, I find this ad un-American. Our dependence on fuel wastes our resources, puts thousands of soldiers in danger everyday and does nothing to advance our strategic missions. There is a better way to do this overall, and that is by freeing ourselves of this leash so our military can go do the job they were sent to accomplish.”
Conservatives for Congress: Not letting girlie hippie stuff that saves the lives of soldiers get in the way of petroleum profits!
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Eesh, what the heck happened? Trollfestation!
The last, emphasis on last, time I played nicey on solar and the airbase in NV, I came across this cool website.
As I searched around in it, (which I recommend) I came across with the feeling that the military is taking this seriously, with the emphasis on the safety and well being of the troops on the ground. It also came across as a quiet STFU to the craven, jingoistic, opportunistic politicians and their parrots whose priority is really more ideology than methodology.
(“set fire to a basket of kittens” eh? MMM-mm. {taps claws})
The US military is the world’s largest single consumer of petroleum products.
The original Southern California oil fields at the turn of the century were explored to feed the US Navy’s fuel reserves.
Conserve fuel? When driving a Hummer? Who are you kidding? =)