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" ... The humvees being used in war zones were already loaded up with so much armor that the formerly road-hugging vehicle had developed a tendency to tip over on inclines. And the price of each vehicle had doubled from $65,000 to $140,000 -- actually, quadrupled when you consider that all the added weight made it wear out twice as fast. And yet “up-armored” humvees still couldn't cope with underbody or overhead explosions. So much armor eventually was added that it used up all of the vehicle's margin for carrying payload, giving it what one expert calls a "negative payload." ... "
" ... War and preparation for it are fossil fuel intensive activities and along with being the single largest consumer of energy in the U.S., the Department of Defense is the world's single largest institutional consumer of petroleum. 70% of all energy gets consumed by moving and utilizing troops and equipment around the world, involving the burning of vast quantities of jet fuel and diesel. Military equipment is not known for its fuel efficiency and it is estimated that the country's remaining fleet of 60,000 humvees only gets four to eight miles per gallon of diesel. Military real estate also leaves a considerable carbon footprint and in FY2017, the Department of Defense spent $3.5 billion heating, cooling and providing electricity to 560,000 buildings at 500 installations. ... "