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Re:The Quest for Fuel in World War II (1993) by unityByFreedom on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:31AM (#32634814)
What would be today's equivalent preparation for logistics?

It's hard to imagine fuel pipelines working again. Or would it?

Are batteries or solar power part of this, or is that inconsequential?

It seems like everything can be dual-use...

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Re:The Quest for Fuel in World War II (1993) by Animats on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:38AM (#32635352)
> What would be today's equivalent preparation for logistics?

Read "Moving Mountains", by Gen. Patronis, who was in charge of logistics for the Gulf War.

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Re:The Quest for Fuel in World War II (1993) by thatguy27 on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:10AM (#32639225)
Moving Mountains: Lessons in Leadership and Logistics from the Gulf War William G. Pagonis

https://www.amazon.com/Moving-Mountains-Lessons-Leadership-L...

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Re:The Quest for Fuel in World War II (1993) by usrusr on Monday August 29, 2022 @07:43AM (#32637013)
Nuclear-powered e-fuels and old-fashioned stockpiles. Or just old-fashioned stockpiles.

Ground warfare might perhaps see some niches where the lower thermal and noise signature of battery power gets leveraged in one way or another, or the flexibility of motor-power wheel. But charging would still require are least a fallback to generator trucks (or to fuel cell trucks, if you think you can skip the fallback from mechanized logistics to jerry-cans)

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