As DoD accounts for 80% of US government energy usage, military prepares for post-petroleum era
To guarantee that we can fuel the armed forces for tomorrow’s challenges, the Defense Department must design a strategy now to ensure that it can operate all of its systems on nonpetroleum fuels by 2040.
DoD, which accounts for about 80 percent of U.S. federal energy consumption, must prepare now to make a smooth transition to a post-petroleum future. Petroleum may not remain affordable — or even reliably available — for the multidecade lifespans of U.S. defense systems. This marks DoD’s most serious energy vulnerability.