Under President Obama’s Executive Order demanding 30% Federal fossil fuel cuts, many Federal Agencies are now beating the rest of us to extraordinary heights of tree-huggery.

The Military has been signing contracts for dazzlingly climate-friendly items like the largest solar plant in America (Fort Irwin just signed up for a whopping 1 GW of solar) or million-dollar tests of advanced jet fuels that have practically no carbon footprint.

But here’s something even the non-military agencies with fleet-purchasing needs will appreciate as they hunt for solutions to reducing fossil dependence 30% by 2020.

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