pillowtalk
30-04-2008, 12:17 PM
The military is paying the same high price for fuel that we are. There is also the risk to fuel truck convoys. To mitigate the costs and risks, the Army is looking for alternate power and fuel sources.
As roadside attacks on fuel convoys continue to plague the U.S. military, the Army is pursuing a new "intelligent" power program that could cut petroleum use in half at bases in Iraq, Army officials say.
As roadside attacks on fuel convoys continue to plague the U.S. military, the Army is pursuing a new “intelligent” power program that could cut petroleum use in half at bases in Iraq, Army officials say.
The energy management system, called the hybrid intelligent power program, or HI-Power, will use a variety of techniques to reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions, says H. Scott Coombe, chief of the Army power division at the service’s Research, Development and Engineering Command.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2008/April/ArmyPow.htm
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As roadside attacks on fuel convoys continue to plague the U.S. military, the Army is pursuing a new "intelligent" power program that could cut petroleum use in half at bases in Iraq, Army officials say.
As roadside attacks on fuel convoys continue to plague the U.S. military, the Army is pursuing a new “intelligent” power program that could cut petroleum use in half at bases in Iraq, Army officials say.
The energy management system, called the hybrid intelligent power program, or HI-Power, will use a variety of techniques to reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions, says H. Scott Coombe, chief of the Army power division at the service’s Research, Development and Engineering Command.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2008/April/ArmyPow.htm
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