The True Cost of the Military’s Oil Addiction
Army, Business News/Analysis, Defense, Federal Agency/Executive Branch, Government Resources, Marines, Policy, Resources
August 22, 2011
(CNN Money) Among the many incentives pushing the military to use less oil, reducing the number of casualties it takes to protect vulnerable fuel convoys is one of the most important.
1 in 8 soldiers killed or wounded in Iraq in 2003-2007 were protecting fuel convoys. READ MORE and MORE (CNN) and MORE (DomesticFuel.com) and MORE (Aspen Times)