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The U.S. Military's Diesel-Powered Pickups Don't Bother with
Emissions Equipment
Author : josephcsible
Score : 10 points
Date : 2024-06-13 21:07 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| FateOfNations wrote:
| Tl;dr: The military requires that its diesel vehicles be able to
| run on jet fuel to simplify logistics.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| The US military is a logistics organization that occasionally
| happens to project power.
| banish-m4 wrote:
| Should mandate EVs with swappable battery packs.
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| Also, the US mil is notorious for wreaking ecological havoc and
| environmental disasters, and poisoning enlisted personnel. (Ask
| my dad how that Agent Orange exposure was on the flight line.)
| This is par for the course.
| bitxbitxbitcoin wrote:
| I predict a huge premium on these vehicles once they reach the
| used civilian market.
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