{"id":106689,"date":"2020-10-28T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106689"},"modified":"2020-10-28T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:42:28","slug":"all-hands-listen-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106689","title":{"rendered":"All Hands, Listen Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Martian sunset. (NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s a brilliant idea from someone who writes editorials for CNN. I wanted to share this with you all.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s put tanks and all those other military vehicles of all kinds on electric power!!!\u00a0 Yeah, that\u2019s it! We need to stop using all those polluting fuels that run the Navy’s ships and put subs on solar power and aircraft carriers on electricity. Tanks, too: those big ol’ tread-stampers should be redesigned to that they’re lighter and more agile and can turn on a dime, and do it all – including shooting shells – on more eco-friendly green energy charges. That would be on a par with those 4-legged armored walkers from “The Empire Strikes Back”. Really, something that’s driven by ropes and pulleys and a couple of old electric motors could really do the trick, don’t you think? And they don’t really need heavy armor plating, do they?<\/p>\n

Just think how much better it would be if the Navy went back to sailing ships and stopped using all that nasty petroleum-based chemistry to move around.\u00a0 And nuclear reactors in a submarine can endanger fish and crabs and dolphins and seals, so they really should be replaced with solar power.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/26\/opinions\/climate-change-pentagon-flournoy\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

And while we\u2019re at it, let\u2019s make sure that military housing is as eco-friendly and \u201cgreen\u201d as possible, because the Pentagon obviously has more money than good sense. Let\u2019s just spend those billions and gazillions on trivial things like eco-friendly spaces and good will.\u00a0 You know: hands across the aisle – that sort of thing.\u00a0 And sod the cost on all of this: it’s just money.<\/p>\n

After all, that quarrel before your grandchildren were born is over with, isn’t it? There hasn’t been anything really that bad going on since then, has there?<\/p>\n

And really, should we be trying to pollute the Martian planet with the visits we’ve been making?<\/p>\n

The proposal for these brilliant ideas comes from one Michelle Flournoy:\u00a0 Mich\u00e8le A. Flournoy is managing partner of WestExec Advisors, a strategic advisory firm, and former Undersecretary of Defense in the Obama administration. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. The article is published by CNN.<\/p>\n

It’s really just the most brilliant idea anyone ever came up with. No, really: think of the money we’d save on fuel costs alone…. or something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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