Warren Ockrassa wrote:
One of the things we're constantly reminded of by the fossil fuel interests is how generally impractical, difficult, costly and, most of all, expensive any conversion will be. If this propaganda happens to be true, it could be decades before we have decent new military vehicles, and in the meantime the remaining fossil reserves would surely all be acquired by the governments of the world to keep their fighting forces in operation.
It's not just about fuels... development of easier-to-maintain systems would also be a big win. We have a lot of military equipment that needs maintenance time that is a multiple of operational time. Maintainence costs for the Marines have doubled in the last 15 years. IIRC, their AAVs, about which I've learned a bit lately, require about 10 hours of maintenance for every operational hour.
They were breaking down so much while crossing the countryside in Iraq that there was a lot of concern about what might happen if one broke down in combat.
Nick
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