• neanderthal@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Some militaries say publishing details of their oil and gas consumption could give adversaries insight into their operations.

    This is why. Knowing supply requirements helps enemies plan their operations.

    At least the US Navy has several nuclear powered vessels and the US DoD acknowledge that climate change is a real problem.

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    6 hours ago

    Last I heard the US Navy is the single biggest polluting organization in the world, with all that bunker fuel they burn in addition to their aviation program.

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      There aren’t good replacements for fossil fuels for military applications. The same thing with aviation. This means we need to phase out everything that has suitable replacements ASAP to give us time to figure out these more difficult uses.