The US military has long been a method of change for the country it defends, forcing racial integration into its ranks and bringing about the dawn of the internet. Whether it be through social awareness of technological advances, the US military is helping to change the United States.
And now it has set its sights on bringing a measure of green to the country for which its woman and men die for.
Towards the end of last month I wrote an article entitled ‘US Army Works to Cut its Carbon “Bootprint”… ba du bum!’ My disdain for the clever journalistic titles aside, the article focused on the ways that the US army is looking to make environmentally friendly changes.
Following up on that same trend, Alan Shaffer, a retired Air Force officer who leads the Pentagon’s research and engineering arm, toured Californian military bases last week. His focus was to look at bases that test energy efficiency and renewable power. But he also knows that the US military has the opportunity to make changes for America, and not just itself.
[Read the rest by Joshua Hill at Cleantechnica]
