To be fair stupidity is not limited to the United States. It appears that even military types overseas can be pretty durn stupid. I don’t know if it can rival our pledge to recognize the lived experiences of others but it certainly can give it a run for it’s money.
NATO chief suggests battle tanks with solar panels as militaries go green Link to article. Yes folks, they are serious.Nato should examine how it can power tanks and jets with alternative energy, such as solar panels, to reduce its carbon emissions, the alliance’s secretary general said.
Reducing reliance on fossil fuels would also make troops less vulnerable to attack because they would not have to rely on long supply lines getting fuel to the front line, Jens Stoltenberg said.
The Nato chief suggested that militaries should advance research into low-emitting vehicles because of the advantages they bring, at an online seminar titled New Ideas for Nato 2030.
“Nato should do its part to look into how we can reduce emissions from military operations,” he told the Chatham House event. “We know that heavy battle tanks or fighter jets and naval ships consume a lot of fossil fuel and emit greenhouse gases and therefore we have to look into how we can reduce those emissions by alternative fuels, solar panels or other ways of running our missions.”https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/nato-chief-suggests-battle-tanks-with-solar-panels-as-militaries-go-green-1.1160313
The stupid, it burns … an M1 tank gets 0.6 mpg. A gallon of diesel contains ~ 40 kWh of energy. A solar panel puts out ~ 1 kWh per day. A solar panel is about 17 sq. ft. You MIGHT fit four of them on an M1 tank without impairing the weapons and sensors. Then you’d need four Tesla Powerwall batteries, weight half a ton.With that setup, every ten days you could move your tank 0.6 miles …w.
Jens Stoltenberg, huh? And when was the last war Norway won?
That is no longer the purpose of the military in the West.
How many Jens wrote that comment?
Norweigophobic?
3, One after the first two died laughing.
… and the one who down-twinkled this.
I think we have a Norwegian lurking.
::Immediately starts writing a grant proposal for a rubber band powered attack aircraft.::
What do you think guys? Should I ask for 15 or 16 billion?
Is it stealth?
It’s so stealthy I can’t even prove it exists.
Ask for $20 billion.
I wholeheartedly agree with these changes to NATO forces. ~ V. Putin
Bwaa-ha-ha-ha ….. {never stops laughing} . . . “solar-powered tanks” . . . . Bwah-ha-ha-ha . . . !
Obviously they are hopeless romantics who want a return to the Light Brigade…
Well played, sir.
The very slow recharge of the light brigade.
They can be easily LED.
Ah, lay-persons. No clue about a lot of stuff. I knew a woman who insisted that “if they can make a phone that you can use all day on a single battery charge they should be able to make a car you can drive all day on a single charge.” She had no idea how much energy it took to drive down the road, and so didn’t understand why what she was saying was non-sensical. I tried to cure her ignorance, but I don’t know if it worked.
I kinda hope she was in Texas last week with her battery-operated car. Not really, though.