US Military World's Leading Gas Guzzler/Oil-Protection Service

[Graham Saul]

The U.S. Department of Defense is the world's leading consumer of petroleum, sucking up about 340,000 barrels of oil every day, more than the total national consumption of Sweden or Switzerland. U.S. combat operations in Southwest Asia alone use more oil than the 150 million citizens of Bangladesh.

 

A recent study conducted for the Department of Defense concludes that U.S. global military strategy is “unsustainable” from an energy perspective due to rising energy prices and the looming oil peak.

 

Will the Pentagon go green, and maintain its expansionary and preemptive policies by relying on a more “sustainable” energy base, or will it continue to transform itself into a “global oil-protection service”.

 

For more information see: http://priceofoil.org/2007/06/18/us-military-worlds-leading-gas-guzzler/#more-1266