WINNING THE RENEWABLE WAR
( Image credit : ( U . S . Air Force photo / Senior Airman Kristin Ruleau )
A Staff Sergeant checks a solar-powered security system May 30 at Kirkuk Air Base , Iraq . from oil to green technologies in order to help troops reduce the threat of attacks on fuel supplies . Renewable energy saves lives and that matters to military leaders .
For the foreseeable future , the US armed forces are locked into petroleum-based products for decades to come , since most of the military equipment runs on fossil fuels . “ But for operational efficiency and practical use , the military will continue investing in renewable energy under President Trump ,” says Goudreau . He believes any increase in renewable energy use in the military will be gradual .
Roege concludes : “ Military is not going to change its stance on renewable energy because it has already made the justification for and the connection between , green energy and resilience . Resilience resonates with the new [ Trump ] administration , so it will not change the military ’ s energy policy . The military will not only continue to increase its use of renewable energy , but will also create value through renewables and strengthen their reliability .”
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