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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

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The Commandant of the Marine Crops, General Conway said it best during the Marine Corps energy summit a few weeks ago when he described the fully burdened cost of a gallon of gasoline delivered to a piece of equipment in Afghanistan. The Navy is already doing this at China Lake, where on-base systems generate 20 times the load of the base.

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Department of Defense releases new operational energy strategy; more fight, less fuel

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aircraft over Afghanistan, 8 Dec 2010. billion, a 255% increase over 1997 prices. At least 80% of land convoys in Afghanistan are for transporting fuel to warfighters, Lynn said. More options, less risk: Expand and secure the supply of energy to military operations. Forty bundles of fuel fall from a USAF Globemaster III.