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'..50 percent of the power used by the Navy and Marines come from renewable energy sources by 2020.'

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<blockquote>'Secretary Ray Mabus, for one, is supporting efforts to have 50 percent of the power used by the Navy and Marines come from renewable energy sources by 2020. This marks a seismic shift in Pentagon thinking about energy.'

- Enlisting the Sun: Powering the U.S. Military with Solar Energy 2013</blockquote>


<blockquote>'..the U.S. military is increasingly investing in solar for military operations? Renewable energy is, quite literally, saving lives.'

- Enlisting the Sun: A Solar Powered Military in the 21st Century, 2013</blockquote>


Context '..we first outlaw nuclear weapons to start off with, then we outlaw nuclear reactors, too.' - Admiral Hyman Rickover (Context)

<blockquote>Military ‘Enlisting the Sun’ to Improve Energy Security, Reduce Reliance on Fossil Fuels, 2013

(The Electric Universe) - '..weather systems .. an electric “wind” surrounds and often precedes an electric arc.'

(Electric Universe) Solar System - '..simple, application of the laboratory observations that have been made in electrical plasma laboratories for over 100 years.'


First Step on the Road to an Asian Super Grid - '..interlinking national electricity grids from Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and Russia..'

The nuclear retreat - '..running their economies with a higher share of renewables than of nuclear.'</blockquote>