The Solar Soldier Is No Fad

By William Becker on August 11, 2011 Comments Off on The Solar Soldier Is No Fad Air Force, Amory Lovins, Army, biofuel, cleantech, Climate Change, Defense Energy Security Caucus, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, DoD, E3G, energy efficiency, energy intensity, environment, Environment and Energy Study Institute, environmental policy, environmental security, fossil energy, fossil fuel, Gabrielle Giffords, Gary Hart, green energy, green fuel, International Relations, Jack Kingston, Marines, Mark Mykleby, Mark Udall, Maurice Hinchey, Military, Military Doctrrine, national energy strategy, Navy, renewable energy, Senate Energy Efficiency Caucus, Senate Renewable Energy Caucus, Shannon Beebe, Soft Energy Path, Soft-Power, solar power, Truman National Security Project, Wayne Porter, William Becker

Describes how the US military is pushing ahead with a leading edge adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, and how the boost provided may help open up markets for renewable energy. If the military diverts billions of dollars from finite fuels to solar, wind and biomass technologies, it could become a game-changer in the domestic energy market.