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McCain: Navy Can’t Afford Biofuel Efforts

Friday, March 16th, 2012

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized the Navy’s work to help develop renewable energy yesterday, saying the service cannot afford such efforts as it faces sizable budget cuts. “Using defense dollars to subsidize new energy technologies is not the Navy's responsibility, nor is it sufficiently related to the service's core mission to justify such expenditures,” McCain said during a congressional hearing yesterday, spurring Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and other senators yesterday to defend the sea service. Mabus has called for the…

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