Biomass-to-Energy Conversation Takes an Abrupt Twist

I had lunch with some local waste-tire-to-energy people this afternoon, one of whom I knew to be an ex-military guy, and something of an accomplished pilot. On the way back from the restaurant, as we were passing the local general aviation airport he said, “Oh, let me pull in here; I need to leave a door unlocked; a friend of mine needs to get into my hangar, and he doesn’t have a key.”

Seeing that I hadn’t gotten out of the car when he parked he asked, “Would you like to see the plane?”

“Sure,” I replied, more or less out of courtesy, thinking I was going to see some sort of Cessna or Piper Cub.  “What kind is it?” I asked.  “Oh, it’s a MiG-21.” I’ve linked to what this thing looked like, complete with rocket-launchers.  My jaw was on the floor.

“This isn’t exactly carbon-neutral, Craig,” my host said with a wry smile. “And it would be wrong to say that it preserves the environment, as well. In fact, it’s designed to change the environment in a heck of a hurry.”