http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/9/18/145819/408What do Burger King and the Marines have in common?
by Nathan Empsall, Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 02:58:19 PM EST
Going green, that's what. File this first story under No-Freakin'-Way: A New Jersey Burger King is going to use heat from the cars in its drive-through for up to 10% of its energy needs.Story here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/09/burger-king-to-power-rest_n_280609.html)
This second story, while not nearly as cool, is much more important. According to Al Gore's blog, U.S. Marines in Afghanistan are going green. According to The Guardian, the Marine Corps has ordered an energy audit to keep fuel costs down in Afghanistan. A single gallon of fuel in the war zone can cost as much as $100.
The study was “motivated by the high costs -- as well as the risks to troops of getting oil and water to combat zones. For land-locked Afghanistan, the nearest port at Karachi in Pakistan is more than 400 miles away from marine bases, and maintaining those long supply lines has become an increasingly dangerous proposition.”
Military bases inside the U.S. are already working to lower their use of fossil fuels by exploring the use of renewable energy sources to provide electricity. In fact, last week in Nevada at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0, the head of the Nevada AFL-CIO spoke about the 72,000-panel, 14-megawatt solar plant, which helps to power the Nellis Air Force Base.
Adapted from Blue Moose Democrat.
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