The automated systems running the USS Makin Island's automated propulsion motor allow the Navy to staff the ship's engineering control center with half the number of sailors as on its sister ships.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif.--The U.S. Navy spends a fortune every year on energy, so for a ship to complete a deployment having burned through just half the cash it had available for fuel is a very good sign of things to come.
For some time, the Navy has been saying many of the right things about its plans to go green, starting with a major biofuels initiative. And while a recent Wired report claims that the service-wide efforts have lost steam, the performance of the USS Makin Island could well be a bright spot.
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