On May 18, CNA, a nonprofit research group, released an important report titled "Powering America's Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security".  The authors, top retired officers from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, wrote that "U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and a vulnerable electric grid pose a perilous threat to the country's national security...The threat requires urgent action and the Defense Department should lead the way in transforming America's energy use by aggressively pursuing efficiency measures and renewable sources", said the report ..."Our domestic electrical system is also a current and significant risk to our national security: many of our large military installations rely on power from a fragile electrical grid that is vulnerable to malicious attacks or interruptions caused by natural disasters,"...

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