U.S. Military to Use Cooking Oil to Fuel Guantanamo Base
by Eliza Barclay, Nomad on 11.17.07
Last year, we wrote about how the US Naval Station on Guantanamo completed installation of a pair of wind turbines designed to meet a quarter of the base’s average power needs during the windy months.
Following in these eco-savvy footsteps, the U.S. Navy has bought itself a biodiesel processor to clean used cooking oil from Guantanamo Base and mix it with diesel fuel to produce a biodiesel blend. Currently, the base produces about 1,500 gallons (5,680 litres) of used cooking oil a month in its galleys, restaurants and home kitchens. That oil was being poured directly into a landfill.
Landfill space is tight on the base, which is rented from Cuba and completely cut off from the rest of the island because of chilly relations between the U.S. and Cuban governments.
"Every gallon of cooking oil we put in the tank is another gallon of diesel oil we don't have to buy and ship down," said Navy Cmdr. Jeff Johnston, public works officer for the base. :: Via Planet Ark
Well great, so they care for the environment while keeping people imprisoned for years without a due process and interrogating them through "enhanced techniques". Congrats.
You're right, that's two ways that they're showing they care for the planet!
Does waterboarding count as hydro power?
They could save a lot more diesel and energy if they just shut the place down.
Then don't vote for Mitt Romney, he wants to double it.
much as i can be skeptical of military plans, there are some reasonably good steps being taken by the military in regards to energy... just dig up amory lovins... he talks a bunch about the pentagon wanting weapons of war that require less fuel, so they don't have to fight wars to get the fuel in the first place...
anyhow, the existence of the naval base at guantanamo bay and improper detention and interogation practices there are kind of two seperate issues. gitmo was the location of incidents central to the play/movie "a few good men" as a relatively ordinary naval/marine base... even without the "war on terror" the place would still exist...
bah. i sound like such an appologist for the military... whatever. it is good whenever a large corporation decides to lesses the impact of one of its establishments. a "feather in the cap" for their clever use of cooking oil. a "black eye" for the dentention practices.
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