But the idea was to take some next steps on vehicle-to-grid, where again we use a whole fleet of batteries in vehicles for storage, maybe for electricity you can create by offshore wind or onshore wind, or by solar or other renewables.
Thomas Carper
The Public Record
By making greenhouse gas reductions, the integrating metric for performance, the Executive Order encourages whole systems thinking.
Many would argue that nothing should get in the way of this mission or make it harder for the Department to achieve it.
But there are some who are supportive of giving you that kind of flexibility.
The good news is--and this goes back, again, to the test bed concept--where I think the Defense Department can really make a contribution is using its procurement power as an early technology adopter.
I commend you very much, as I did the Postmaster General yesterday, for working as diligently as you are on so many fronts to rein in costs, control your expenses, and also to look for other ways to develop new sources of revenue, and I…
If the Department of Defense can't perform this task, there probably wouldn't be any Postal Service or Department of Energy or budget process.





