Thursday, November 1, 2012

America’s Solar Soldiers

Solar Panel in Afghanistan. Photo credit: Popsci.com/Major Paul Greenberg/U.S.M.C.

America’s Solar Soldiers -- Global Post

The Pentagon turns to green energy — to save lives and build military strength.

NEW YORK — They're some of the country's most important environmental activists, poised to change the way we create, consume and conceive of energy.

But you won't find this cadre of green preachers on a college campus, or emceeing the Sierra Club's annual meeting.

You'll find them, clad in blazers and pantsuits, pushing their agenda behind the guarded walls of the Pentagon.

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My Comment: The modern military needs fuel and energy .... finding a more effective way to deliver it will go a long way to minimize casualties (for those who deliver it), and to make FOBs less dependent on these supplies for their operations.

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