McMurdo has a deepwater port, and a lot of fuel storage tanks as a part of its facilities. Tankers and can just drive up in summer and offload large quantities

McMurdo has a deepwater port, and a lot of fuel storage tanks as a part of its facilities. Tankers and can just drive up in summer and offload large quantities of fuel. It's not like the South Pole station where everything must be flown in. And the "waste heat" from the generators making electricity is routed throughout the base and used for heating. Not to mention almost a megawatt of wind turbines in the near constant wind. A study on the feasibility of electric vehicles had the expected cost of electricity per kWh at the base lower than California residential rates.