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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Short-Term Politics Stifles Pentagon's Green Energy Ambitions

Short-Term Politics Stifles Pentagon's Green Energy Ambitions

The US Defense Department consumes more energy than any other department or sector in the country, spending around $20 billion annually by some estimates; but ambitious plans to make it the nation’s green leader have been swept under the rug over budgetary concerns that smack of campaign politics. It is an inauspicious development for US energy independence, and indeed a contradictory one. The Defense Department is reeling under higher fuel costs already, which have left it short some $3 billion. A stronger focus on alternative fuels will…Read more...

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