Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the witness for being here.
I found your perspective and your presentation very interesting. What you are basically talking about is resupplying from within. In other words, defence capabilities still rest on the ability to supply the forces at the front. You are talking here about what North America does, but basically we are talking about resupply. That is what you told us.
You spoke about resilience. I worked as a computer scientist and, in my head, that sounds like the word “redundance”.
I would like to know one thing. With respect to the United States, you gave the example of diesel generators that run out of fuel after two or three days and where it isn't possible to provide backup. Have the United States started to look at using various types of energy for power?
For example, when the generators break down, could solar energy be used as an alternative for a while until conventional forms of energy could be resupplied?
Have the Americans started looking at diversifying energy sources in order to react during incidents that, because of climate change, may occur more often and be more severe?