http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/27/alec-on-a-collision-course-with-air-force-on-renewable-energy/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/27/alec-on-a-collision-course-with-air-force-on-renewable-energy/#comment-119663 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37477#comment-119663 Someone needs to explain to ALEC this is not an environmental imperative it’s is an economic and security imperative. The military spends approximately $300 to purchase, deliver and protect each gallon of gas delivered to a frontline unit in Iraq and Afghanistan. There have also been over 3,000 US military casualties in attacks on fuel convoys. The $300/ gallon gas runs vehicles and generators which means each kwh of electricity consumed in a frontline post costs ~$30-50.
This means that vehicle efficiency measures and renewable electricity generation at the point of use has the potential to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives in wartime.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/27/alec-on-a-collision-course-with-air-force-on-renewable-energy/#comment-119625 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37477#comment-119625 Energy security IS defense. Notice where the wars are and why. It’s all about energy.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/04/27/alec-on-a-collision-course-with-air-force-on-renewable-energy/#comment-119609 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37477#comment-119609 ALEC takes on the military-industrial complex! Wow, yes, even ALEC has bitten off more than it can chew here. Politics makes strange bedfellows (not a thought original to me…!)

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