The Military Value of the Defense Department’s Energy Efforts

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 The Military Value of the Defense Department’s Energy Efforts
Solar panels sit atop HESCO barriers at Patrol Base Boldak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2011.

    By John Conger Read bio

March 13, 2017


As the Trump administration reviews climate and energy policies, they should do it with a key goal in mind.

President Trump has made his skepticism of his predecessor’s energy and climate policies fairly clear, from the rapid permitting of pipelines to his EPA Administrator’s public denial of carbon’s impact on the environment. No doubt the Defense Department’s policies and efforts in this area are in for some change as well. But before Trump administration officials issue any kind of blanket reversal, they should understand that the U.S. military has been taking a careful and calculated approach to climate and energy issues. They may find that they want to leave some of those policies in place after all.

http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/03/military-value-defense-departments-energy-efforts/136125/?oref=d-skybox

[thackney]

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http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/03/military-value-defense-departments-energy-efforts/136125/

[Joe Wooten]

They may find that they want to leave some of those policies in place after all.

No they won't. Not the ones like paying $59/gal for "green" jet fuel, or overpaying for solar PV arrays at military bases that do not even come close to meeting the electricity needs of said bases, but do give connected cronies and extra government tit to suck on. Diesel and kerosene will be available for decades to come. Let other agencies do that research.