The House Armed Services Committee today voted to ban the Defense Department from buying or producing alternative fuels if they cost more than fossil fuels. The amendment, which was approved during the full committee's consideration of the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, would ban "any alternative fuel if the cost . . . exceeds the cost producing or purchasing a traditional fossil fuel that would be used for the same purpose." Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) offered the amendment, saying...
