Here is what a report from Office of Under Secretary of Defense says “Because DOD’s consumption of oil represents the highest priority of all uses, there will be no fundamental limits to DOD’s fuel supply for many, many decades.” Īmerican GI is the most energy-consuming soldier ever seen on the field of war “In fiscal 2005, DESC will buy about 128 million barrels of fuel at a cost of $8.5 billion, and Jet fuel constitutes nearly 70 percent of DoD’s petroleum product purchases.” says American Forces Information Service News Article by G. The US DoD spent $8.2 billion on energy in fiscal year 2004. That budget increased a lot over the years. That’s enough fuel for 1,000 cars to drive around the world 4,620 times.” With a $3.5 billion annual budget, DESC procures nearly 100 million barrels of petroleum products each year. In 1999 Almanac edition of the Defense Logistic Agency’s news magazine Dimensions it was stated that the DESC “purchases more light refined petroleum product than any other single organization or country in the world. The US military is the biggest purchaser of oil in the world. This is about 40 million barrels more than the average peacetime military usage.īy the way, 144 million barrels makes 395 000 barrels per day, almost as much as daily energy consumption of Greece. “Military fuel consumption for aircraft, ships, ground vehicles and facilities makes the DoD the single largest consumer of petroleum in the U.S” Īccording to the US Defense Energy Support Center Fact Book 2004, in Fiscal Year 2004, the US military fuel consumption increased to 144 million barrels. “Military fuel consumption makes the Department of Defense the single largest consumer of petroleum in the U.S” The US Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest oil consuming government body in the US and in the world
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