It’s Time To Decarbonize The World’s Militaries
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 13:36:46 +0000
As a starting point, militaries in every country need to report their emissions and set threshold goals.
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Next-Generation Abrams Tank & Stryker To Be Hybrids
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:37:24 +0000
Warfare has never been great for the environment. The United States military, being the biggest example, emits more greenhouse gases than a number of industrialized nations. To be fair, the US military protects some of those countries through global alliances, effectively shouldering some of their emissions, but the important point here is that the big […]
Lauren Boebert, Electric Tanks, & Dunning-Kruger
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:00:39 +0000
When it comes to electric vehicles, LGBT issues, and many other issues favored on the political left but hated on the political right, we often see the “checkmate liberals” self-own. You see a simple, but very wrong argument being made, sometimes followed by self-congratulatory language. The supporters of the person making the argument eat it […]
Canadian Military Wrote Up a 100-Page Report on Its Racism Problem
Credit to Author: Ben Makuch| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:16:52 GMT
The scathing report even admits the military had previously done similar reports into racism in the ranks without fixing the issues.
Read moreInstant Drinking Water: Just Add Wave Energy & Solar Panels
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:20:12 +0000
A new, easy-to-install desalination system runs on wave energy with an assist from on-board solar panels
Ukrainian man who returned from Vancouver describes surreal scene as he prepares to enlist
Credit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:39:40 +0000
He said the most unsettling part of the journey was the smell he encountered just a few meters from Ukraine. “There were dozens of abandoned cars and garbage strewed all over the road. It was horrible.”
Read morePower Industry People: Finding Top Talent in the Military
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:16:47 +0000
Last month, POWER published an article written by Senior Associate Editor Darrell Proctor that detailed the challenges power companies have been facing when trying to attract high-quality recruits in the increasingly competitive labor market for engineers and other workers with technical backgrounds (see “Groups Grapple with Labor Logistics as Energy Evolves” in the February 2022 […]
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Read moreMan plans return to Ukraine to join resistance forces against Russia
Credit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 03:06:08 +0000
“I would rather die than see Ukraine lose its democracy.” — Oleh Hlyniailiuk
Read moreUS Army e-Bikes? Motorcycles Have a Long Military History, so Why Not?
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:40:48 +0000
From the US Army Signal Corps. to the 50 cc folding Welbike motorcycles that would be airdropped behind enemy lines with the British and American special ops teams in World War II, the military has a long and storied history with two-wheelers. It’s such a natural fit, in fact, that it almost seems weird that […]
Some Things We Could Have Done With the Billions Wasted on a Broken F-35
Credit to Author: Karl Bode| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:17:03 +0000
From coast-to-coast fiber broadband to student loan forgiveness, the program’s $1.5 trillion budget—with billions already spent—could go a long way elsewhere.
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