Adam wrote a while ago on the
The Military-Environmental Complex
:
Militaries depend on supply lines and logistical trains, and far from being an exception the modern American military has quite a high tail:teeth ratio, around 10:1 as I recall. A lot of this is just moving oil around.
Adam argued that using renewable energy would reduce the stress on logistics. This
appeared on John Robb's blog
:
Note that 70% of the supply convoys going to US forces are carrying fuel (for both vehicles and power generation). Given the fuels shortage in Iraq, the option to commandeer the supplies is likely void.The IEDs are aimed at the convoys, in addition it is normally the National Guard (reservists) running the convoys. A military-environmental complex would reduce those vulnerabilities.
