Comments on: US Military and a Critical Energy Alternative http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Northrop Grumman’s LEMV BLIMP Takes Flight at Lakehurst http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/#comment-130115 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:57:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36178#comment-130115 […] efforts to strategically economize its use of petroleum have come under fire recently in Congress by oil-soaked politicians. The […]

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/#comment-116412 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36178#comment-116412 Nice additional points.

]]> By: Rob http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/#comment-116360 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36178#comment-116360 We often quibble about the payback for solar panels when electricity is 10-20c/kwh and the benefit of EV’s or hybrids when gas is $3 per gallon. The reality for the US military is that once you add in security and shipping costs each gallon of gas delivered to a frontline unit in Iraq or Afghanistan is costing on average about $300, the same gas is used to generate electricity (the average generator produces about 6kwh per gallon, but lets be generous and call it 10kwh per gallon) costing about $30/kwh. None of that is to mention to 3000+ deaths directly related to attacks on fuel convoys in the two theatres.
This means that technologies that have marginal economics in domestic use have the potential to save billions and hundreds if not thousands of lives in military use. Meanwhile R&D for military development will improve reliability and decrease costs overtime so that the inexorable march towards domestic parity is accelerated.

]]> By: Shecky Vegas http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/#comment-116080 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36178#comment-116080 Because you can’t reach through the internet to smack someone upside the head with a 2×4.

Some people will never wake up until you physically smack the shit out of their ears.

]]> By: rommel43 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/#comment-116012 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36178#comment-116012 The military has the greatest potential for green energy and the most to gain so they should be investing their 500 billion dollar budget into them

]]> By: DarkSpark http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/19/us-military-and-a-critical-energy-alternative/#comment-115944 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36178#comment-115944 You made a great point and then ended the essay with a smug attack. Why?

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