Solar Power to be Utilized by the Air Force

The Air Force has decided to go solar. The largest solar power plant in North America will soon be providing electricity to Nellis Air Force Base.

“It allows the Air Force to show its leadership in applying renewable energy and new technology to reduce our needs to use traditional forms of electric power,” said Major Don Ohlemacher, acting commander of the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron at the base.

Although solar power is still rather expensive to utilize, takes up a large amount of space, and won’t work well in areas where skies are often overcast, we figure that the Nevada desert can probably handle the extra load. Although we’re not exactly sure that “showing its leadership” is the proper phrase to use, we applaud the effort anyway

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