To: DemforBush
The plus in being more efficient is reducing the massive amount of fuel that needs to be supplied, often over long distances, to our forces. In both gulf wars our land forces had to hold up for fuel to be delivered. In WWII fuel supply was an enormous hindrance in Europe.
Doing this is 100% the right thing for non-”green” reasons.
12 posted on
10/16/2009 2:57:55 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Straight Vermonter
A 50% cut in five years is moonbat nonsense.
14 posted on
10/16/2009 3:54:39 PM PDT by
Jacquerie
(Understand Natural Law to understand our Declaration of Independence & Constitution.)
To: Straight Vermonter
In both gulf wars our land forces had to hold up for fuel to be delivered. In WWII fuel supply was an enormous hindrance in Europe.Excellent point, but I don't think it applies here. During normal cruising this ship is going to be operating off it's gas turbines. And I bet that those gas turbines are going to be driving generators when the ship is crawling around on it's relatively puny AC electric motors.
16 posted on
10/16/2009 4:00:05 PM PDT by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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