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- linagee, on 12/02/2008, -0/+8Generator charging, solar power, wind power. What do you do when there's an oilout?
- GawtMilk, on 12/02/2008, -1/+8Or entire fleets of Naval vessels running off of nuclear reactors.
Idiot. - Barackalypse, on 12/02/2008, -1/+8What an utterly ignorant statement, "you may not think that the US military concerned itself much with reducing fuel usage". Of course they care, do you realize the cost (up to $100 a gallon) and manpower involved in supplying front line units in a war zone with fuel? Of course you don't, so I'll let a military man tell you:
"Maj. Gen. Richard Zilmer submitted an MNF-W priority 1 request pointing to the hazards inherent in American supply lines, and noted that the up to many of the supply convoys on Iraq’s roads (up to 70%, by some studies) are carrying fuel."
"Former CIA director and current energy adviser to the Pentagon and Congress James Woolsey adds this: “If you’re talking about getting the gas to an M1A1 tank in Fallujah, the supply lines, the tanker vehicles and their protection could drive the cost up to $100 a gallon or more.”
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/commanders-in- ... - Berkana, on 12/02/2008, -0/+5You see, lately on digg, goats > cats.
- ChromaVita, on 12/02/2008, -0/+4I guarantee you someone's making them.
- TheOther1, on 12/02/2008, -0/+4Well, in all fairness, that IS their job.
- oldhick, on 12/02/2008, -1/+5Not when you take multiple factors into account.. Maybe they don't want to service these vehicles and plan on turning them over after 2-3 years. Maybe its a "trial run" and they don't want to own the things...
There's a million reasons to lease. As a private business, leasing can look better for your bottom line than owning the asset. - Berkana, on 12/02/2008, -0/+3As per your screen name, you're displaying what has become typical Republican blindness, resorting to angry dismissive rhetoric over reason. Read the f'ing article! The green they'll be saving is cash. If you want to talk about saving resources better spent elsewhere, take a look at what they'll be saving:
Quote from the article:
According to deputy assistant Army secretary for energy and partnerships Paul Bollinger, the 4,000 35 mph electric NEVs will save some 11.5 million gallons of fuel annually. And instead of spending on average $2400 per year on fuel for the vehicles the NEV will be replacing, it will have to spend only $400 for the electricity to power the NEVs. - sdellboy, on 12/02/2008, -0/+2"nothing more than a PR stunt to get liberal hippies on your side"
Hahahaha. By the military?? Hahahaha. Like they care about Liberal hippies. They just want to save money so they buy more bullets and blow more things up. - locojones, on 12/02/2008, -2/+5Leasing a vehicle is arguably one of the least intelligent financial decisions one can make. It's nice to see our government setting another great example for the rest of us.
- bentman78, on 12/02/2008, -0/+3Old news. When I was in the AF we had electric pickup trucks...
- Kolath, on 12/02/2008, -0/+3"Good on the Army for thinking about electric vehicles, but to put some perspective on the amount of fuel saved by this move consider this: The yearly savings of all these electric vehicles is less than one day’s overall fuel consumption of 340,000 barrels of oil."
False.
The article claims they will save 11.5 million gallons of gasoline per year. A conservative estimate says that a 42 gallon barrel of oil yields about 19.5 gallons of gasoline (http://fatknowledge.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-many- ... So, 11.5 million gallons divided by 19.5 gallons equals a saving of 589,744 barrels of gasoline or 1.73 days worth according to the article's claim that the average daily consumption in the US is 340,000 barrels of oil. That seems like a damn good saving to me! - PopcornDave, on 12/02/2008, -0/+2Perhaps, but then nobody's going to be able to bid on them at the Government surplus auctions in 20 years when they need to store something in the spot where they're keeping them after they mothball the things.
- FI5HERMAN, on 12/02/2008, -2/+4So what's the go when there is a blackout !!!!!!
- linagee, on 12/02/2008, -0/+2Maybe they will build a charging infrastructure for us and we'll get to use it too?
- roddack, on 12/02/2008, -1/+3More likely the idea that the military itself is nothing more than a massive giant waste of resources.
- Dailydose4me, on 12/02/2008, -3/+5Leased? cant they be made?
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1But - the more battle worthy vehicles like Humvees could be more readily available in the field if they are replaced by these on stateside bases - that could help save lives.
- PopcornDave, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Wow, the Army's only 26 years late with the electric technology. Barry Bostwick had it back in 1982 in Megaforce http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=megaforce&x=0&y=0
/s - jasdf, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Whoops! I misread locojones's comment. I didn't see that he wrote "least", I thought he was saying that it was intelligent.
Sorry - inactive, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2It's good the army is doing things like this - but funny how the money they save will be lost in the least. Buying would make more sense in the long run for both the savings and environment.
- Trent1492, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1
Did you read the article? - jasdf, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Suzie Orman says you are wrong.
- tHeSiD, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2mostly prolly they will be used domestically for transport of personnel and stuff
my military operations in general cant be run by electrics ..
so to me this seems like a publicity stunt - globalthreat, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1At least they don't have to use golf-carts for on-base transportation.
- cpdylan, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Well, if it's gonna start for mainstream, it first has to start with the government. (like it or not)
- stix213, on 12/05/2008, -0/+1Leasing is a good idea if they are testing these things out
- mksmothers, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1I can't get my iphone to last longer than 8 hours on a single charge. Can you imagine going to war in an electric tank?
- hwy9nightkid, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1wow self righteousness comes in all colors I guess haha *****
- maz2331, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Please let it not become goatse > cats. KTHX
- banderwocky, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1The way of the future.
- ElGubrush, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2"Sadly, the electric-powered tanks of 2019 would end up looking like the skinny emo brother of the M1 Abrams"
-future blogpost - tushyd, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Haha, yeah your iPhone battery is representative of batteries as a whole.
- Barackalypse, on 12/02/2008, -2/+2As opposed to the completely efficient movement of 150,000 men by foot across the desert? Why drive in half a day when you can spend a month walking?
- roddack, on 12/02/2008, -1/+1Suzie Orman's credentials are meh and Forbes blasted the hell out of her
- Dustmuffins, on 12/02/2008, -1/+1War
- yebozwana, on 12/02/2008, -2/+2hmmm...
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -0/+0...in Japan
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -2/+2All these military articles are bumming me out. I just came here to see funny pictures of cats :(
- silentboom, on 12/02/2008, -3/+2Great, now we can be pseudo eco-friendly while we slay innocents overseas and occupy their holy lands. We're such an advanced primitive.
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -1/+0Looks like the worst army vehicle ever.
- DrNemo, on 12/02/2008, -3/+2Electrical cars or gas guzzling trucks, it's always a complete waste of resources.
- hwy9nightkid, on 12/02/2008, -5/+2way to go! I know our Military is more than half the reason we pollute so damn much.
Just watching a helicopter take off from the Marine base, with a slight billow of black smoke coming out the tail..
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