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(NATO) Armies get smart on energy
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_102180.htm[font face=Serif]05 Jul. 2013
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[font size=4]Energy costs are a significant drain on defence budgets. This could impact on the resources available for Allies to acquire and maintain defence capabilities as well as limit their capacity to undertake military operations. Reducing the energy footprint of operations is a priority. NATO and individual Allies are working on alternative energy sources and developing multinational ‘smart energy’ projects.[/font]
[font size=3]“All in all, in financial as well as security terms, our fuel dependency creates a ‘lose-lose’ situation. The more one looks at this dilemma, the more one understands why Alexander the Great was so obsessed with logistics. He once said that if his campaign were to fail, the first people he would slay would be his logisticians,” says Ambassador Gábor Iklódy, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges.
A growing dependence on oil and gas, the progressive exhaustion of fossil fuels, constant increases in the price of raw materials, threats to the security of energy supplies and concerns about the consequences of climate change make energy security a major issue.
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[font size=5]Armies get smart on energy[/font]
[font size=4]Energy costs are a significant drain on defence budgets. This could impact on the resources available for Allies to acquire and maintain defence capabilities as well as limit their capacity to undertake military operations. Reducing the energy footprint of operations is a priority. NATO and individual Allies are working on alternative energy sources and developing multinational ‘smart energy’ projects.[/font]
[font size=3]“All in all, in financial as well as security terms, our fuel dependency creates a ‘lose-lose’ situation. The more one looks at this dilemma, the more one understands why Alexander the Great was so obsessed with logistics. He once said that if his campaign were to fail, the first people he would slay would be his logisticians,” says Ambassador Gábor Iklódy, NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges.
A growing dependence on oil and gas, the progressive exhaustion of fossil fuels, constant increases in the price of raw materials, threats to the security of energy supplies and concerns about the consequences of climate change make energy security a major issue.
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