Generating Power

None of the electricity here is provided from the city power grid (yes, they have electricity, it isn't that desolate out there) instead it is all produced here on base. To provide what I imagine must be a massive amount of electricity the military uses large JP-8 (jet fuel) powered generators. The ones pictured are some of the smaller ones about the size of a large van and the largest are the size of a semi trailer.
I say it must be a massive amount of electricity because there are a large number of buildings on the base most of which are not very well insulated and all are air conditioned. Due to people of industrialized countries being acclimated to much colder temperatures than are necessary and the high temperatures outdoors here, most rooms are kept at 18C/64F which requires the unit to run constantly. Add on top of this the fact most individuals make no efforts to conserve electricity whatsoever and you can see why it takes several generators to power even one building. The two pictured are part of a grouping of 8 that provide for the tower alone!
The amount of greenhouse gases being released daily must be staggering.
Now consider for a moment that the solar intensity levels here are extremely high (no sunglasses at noon and I can't even open my eyes) and the number of sunny days is a little over 300 and what power possibility leaps out at you?
PV Solar Panels!
While admirably the little sidewalk lights are solar powered, it is a far cry from truly taking advantage of an available resource. The initial cost of setting up the solar panels would be a bit pricey, but given the seven years this base has been occupied they would have paid themselves off by now and then some. You would only have to burn about 1/4 of the fuel you are going through now which means one less thing you have to worry about the logistics of shipping.
An environmentally and financially sound ways of generating electricity overlooked in the interest of conventional means.