The U. S. Military consumes 340,000 barrels of oil a day. Of that, 40,000 barrels of oil a day are shipped from neighboring countries to feed the military vehicles in Iraq. If you are for the war, these numbers probably won’t mean much.

If you are against the war, then you’ll see a connection between high gas prices and the fact that the U. S. Military is the largest single consumer of oil representing 1.5-percent of all oil consumed in this country. No matter whether one is for or against the war, it must be acknowledged that if the military were to consume less oil, then this would be a financial positive for this country.

But, what remains a mystery is why the U. S. Military has not turned to hydrogen gas savers in order to consume less fuel? The military has been a long leader in testing alternative fuels from hydrogen to electric to biofuels and everything in-between.

The National Hydrogen Association reports that hydrogen fuel injection units (their terminology) have logged over 50 million miles primarily in the trucking industry. With this kind of validation of a proven technology isn’t it about time the military installed these units to consume less fuel and reduce emissions as well?

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