I don’t know if KEARES
Electrical Contracting, INC developers of the planned solar array in Caln
that will power the Veteran’s hospital planned it that way or if it is a sort
of serendipity but a mostly solar powered military hospital (Coatesville VA Medical Center) is a
perfect fit for our new military.
Some people are already aware that the satellite driven
communications like streaming video and GPS mapping that are now a part of
everyday life were developed more than a decade ago by our Department of
Defense. Several everyday ceramic materials and computer systems were developed
by NASA. Before that the internet was developed, again by the Department of
Defense, as an assured communication system in the event of a nuclear war. New
technologies that grew into “can’t live without” products and enormously
profitable industries grew out of our military’s and NASA’s technological need.
Right now our military is poised to make a permanent and
wide ranging transformation from fossil fuel dependence to renewable energy. Our
entire society, our industries, our corporations and infrastructure will follow in their footsteps.
The US Marine Corps has transformed its forward operating
bases from fossil fuel dependent to renewable on site energy generating
systems. Our US Navy is planning a “Great Green Fleet”.
“The energy risks and challenges facing DoD are evident in its energy profile. It is the single largest consumer of energy in the United States and one of the largest institutional energy users in the world, having consumed 819 trillion BTUs of energy in 2010. Oil products accounted for 80 percent of DoD’s final energy consumption. In 2009, DoD used more than 375,000 barrels of oil per day, more than all but 35 countries.
Another 11 percent of DoD’s energy is delivered in the form of electricity. DoD’s oil and electricity use are reflected in the department’s emerging organizational structure for advancing energy innovation. Fuel is primarily used for operational energy requirements and is in the purview of the newly created position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, currently held by Sharon Burke. Operational energy has been referenced by DoD as the “energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations.” The energy risks and challenges facing DoD are evident in its energy profile. It is the single largest consumer of energy in the United States and one of the largest institutional energy users in the world, having consumed 819 trillion BTUs of energy in 2010. Oil products accounted for 80 percent of DoD’s final energy consumption. In 2009, DoD used more than 375,000 barrels of oil per day, more than all but 35 countries.
Electricity is primarily needed to fulfill the energy requirements of fixed installations and bases. Installation energy management is overseen at DoD by the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Dorothy Robyn.”
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