US Military Plans to Go Green

The internet and smartphone GPS technology began life as a US military project and now are a part of everyday civilian life. Another set of innovations that the military are working on could follow a similar path. The military are now working to get some pretty big percentages of their energy from renewable sources. The Pentagon’s goal is 25% by 2025 and the navy’s goal is 50% by 2020. Politics will play into this as law makers from oil and gas producing states and other states must approve the Department of Defense budget. The money they might spend on new fuels and other experimental technologies related to energy might play a big role in creating a market for these items. I thought about comparing the military’s green initiative to NASCAR’s but the military is poised to make an even bigger positive impact. If military investments could help save the environment and foster innovation in clean energy and their work in these areas influenced how we use energy in the civilian world that could be a really good thing.