• neanderthal
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    Some militaries say publishing details of their oil and gas consumption could give adversaries insight into their operations.

    This is why. Knowing supply requirements helps enemies plan their operations.

    At least the US Navy has several nuclear powered vessels and the US DoD acknowledge that climate change is a real problem.

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    Last I heard the US Navy is the single biggest polluting organization in the world, with all that bunker fuel they burn in addition to their aviation program.

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      There aren’t good replacements for fossil fuels for military applications. The same thing with aviation. This means we need to phase out everything that has suitable replacements ASAP to give us time to figure out these more difficult uses.

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    Fun fact: military vehicles aren’t required to have emissions equipment at all.

    Your engine has all kinds of complicated systems to reduce emissions at the expense of efficiency and ease of maintenance but military and marine engines don’t have them.