Fueling Our Military

As detailed in this post by David Roberts from Grist, Republican legislators in the House are doing their best to staunch the use of non-fossil fuels (other than nuclear power) by the military, on the grounds that it costs more than conventional fossil fuels. On the other hand, they are promoting the use of liquid fuels derived from coal by a process that produces 2.5 times as much CO₂ as the use of conventional oil, and is more expensive to boot! 

Our military’s much too strong

To be saddled by a fuel that’s wrong.

And if it’s not a fossil fuel

That runs counter to our rule

And costs more money to employ

So we forbid it to deploy.

But if it’s made from dirty coal

That’s consistent with our goal;

Although it costs more in the end

It’s use we gladly recommend.

The fossil fuel folks give us dough

So we’ll never slow the oil flow.