SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

I believe that if we had fuel efficent vehicles or electric cars in the military that we would save a lot of money, we could also save money by making stations in the military that are ran by solar power. that would save on the monthly eletric bill.

Within the U.S. Border Patrol, we use an array of service vehicles. For the most part we use Ford F-250's and Chevy Tahoe's. I have spoken with many other Patrol Agents and also station mechanics. We are all of the same opinion that it just does not make practical sense to keep on using such a large number of F-250's. The SUV's, whether it be a Chevy Tahoe or a Ford Explorer, get better gas mileage, are far superior... more »