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Latest Pentagon Brainstorm: Nuke-Powered War Bases
Imagine the snow-capped peaks of mountainous eastern Afghanistan. Wouldn’t it be better topped off with a cooling tower for a nuclear reactor? The Pentagon’s way-out research arm thinks so. It’s all...
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Navy’s Big Biofuel Bet: 450,000 Gallons at 4 Times the Price of Oil
The Navy just signed deals to buy 450,000 gallons of biofuels -- arguably the biggest purchase of its kind in U.S. government history. The purchase is a significant step for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus'...
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Former Navy SEAL Powers the Battlefield With Hybrid Generators
Special-ops vet Doug Moorehead is developing a cheap solar-diesel generator to save fuel—and lives—on the battlefield.
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Republicans Order Navy to Quit Buying Biofuels
On Monday, the U.S. Navy will officially announce the ships for its demonstration of the "Great Green Fleet" -- an entire aircraft carrier strike group powered by biofuels and other eco-friendly energy...
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Senate Panel Cuts Off Navy’s Biofuel Buys
The Navy's ambitious renewable energy plans aren't sunk quite yet. But they took a major hit Thursday, when the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to all-but-ban the military from buying alternative...
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Exclusive: Darpa Gets a New Boss, and Solyndra Is in Her Past
Until last year, Arati Prabhakar worked for the venture capitalists who backed Solyndra, the green-tech firm that imploded in a scandal described by Mitt Romney as an example of the White House's...
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How the Navy’s Incompetence Sank the ‘Green Fleet’
On Wednesday, the Navy will sail its eco-friendly "Great Green Fleet" for the first time -- and maybe the last. The Navy has screwed up its once-promising biofuel plan with a blend of bad politics and...
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Navy: We’ll Never, Ever Overpay for Biofuels
Last week, Danger Room published a critical look at the Navy's efforts to launch a renewable-powered "Great Green Fleet" -- and kickstart the market for biofuels in the process. Not surprisingly, the...
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Senate Panel Keeps Navy’s Biofuel Plan Afloat
The Navy's plans to power warships with biofuels may not be out of gas quite yet. On Tuesday, the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee voted to continue funding the alternative energy program,...
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Senate Votes to Save the Navy’s ‘Great Green Fleet’
The Senate on Wednesday threw a life raft to the Navy's beleaguered plan to power its ships and jets with biofuel.
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