When it comes to energy policy, the military is a tree-hugger’s fantasy come true. The country as a whole doesn’t have a renewable energy standard, but the Pentagon does. It’s written into law, and it’s a thing of beauty. From Section 2911 of Title 10 of the United States Code: “It shall be the goal of the Department of Defense … to produce or procure not less than 25 percent of the total quantity of facility energy it consumes within its facilities during fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter from renewable energy sources.”
So while the nation relies on a sketchy patchwork of federal, state and local initiatives to move us uncertainly toward a safer, less expensive and more sustainable energy future – initiatives that are highly vulnerable to partisan attack – the military powers forward into a bold green tomorrow. And this is deeply worrying to some progressives.
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Response from a and recent EarthTechling story about the Navy using biofuels to fly a newfangled drone aircraft brought the naysayers to the comments section
