An environmentalist’s take on the U.S. Defense Department’s plan to test a coal-based synthetic gas in its B-52 bombers:

“An institution like the Defense Department needs to be thinking beyond just alternatives that will cause the same amount of damage.”

I agree; the Defense Department should think about alternatives that cause more damage. The more lethal the force, the more American lives are saved in the long run. 

Somehow, I doubt that was the point David Hawkins of the National Resources Defense Council was trying to make.