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Slideshow: Powering a Far-flung Military

The U.S. military, one of the world's most energy-hungry organizations, is tackling the mammoth task of ensuring its future security by using renewable energy sources

IEEE Spectrum
01 Oct 2008

For more on the military's use of alternate energies, see A Less Well-Oiled War Machine

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