NATO & Renewable Energy

NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization which is an intergovernmental military alliance. The organization works by using collective defense, crisis-management and cooperative security. A recent article I saw by Russia Today was titled "Green War Games: NATO to Test Renewable Energy For Battlefield, Humanitarian Ops." The article talked about how NATO is testing renewable energy(mainly solar and wind) for battlefields and humanitarian operations. In Hungary in the month of June 1,000 NATO soldiers will spend a week and a half testing renewable energy.  U.S, French, Austria, and German companies are helping to support the project. Some of the projects they are going to focus on are small flower solar plants, battery chargers powered by the sun, and insulated tents.

A big problem for U.S soldiers is transporting non-renewable sources mainly oil. "According to NATO, the test comes after 3,000 US soldiers were killed or wounded in attacks on water and fuel convoys in Afghanistan and Iraq." For transporting solar cells they do not explode if shot at. Over the week and a half NATO is going to test the renewable equipment through war-game scenarios like power outages and floods.The US. Army is planning other projects for using clean energy. In Afghanistan alone NATO spends 5 gallons of fuel to deliver one gallon.
I think it is really strange how the military is using renewable energy. We were fighting over oil a lot in the Middle East, but now it is weird we are fighting using clean energy. This is actually a really good idea because bombs and other weaponry can cause a lot of pollution into the air, so this helps fight that. But I feel like they are trying to make warfare sound better. Warfare is still killing innocent people and I really hate wars. But maybe this new technology can help us win the wars faster. I feel like the world should be moving towards renewable energy, so I think it is a good plan.