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Defense management DOD needs to increase attention on fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations : report to the Subcommittee on Readiness, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Defense--Energy conservation--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense--Energy consumption.
- Fuel--Transportation--United States--Cost effectiveness.
- Fuel.
- Weapons systems--Energy consumption--United States.
- Weapons systems.
- United States--Armed Forces--Energy consumption.
- United States--Armed Forces--Fuel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Other Title:
- Defense energy management
- Defense management Department of Defense needs to increase attention on fuel demand management at forward deployed locations
- DOD needs to increase attention on fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] U.S. Govt. Accountability Office [2009]
- Summary:
- The Department of Defense (DOD) relies heavily on petroleum-based fuel to sustain its forward-deployed locations -- particularly those that are not connected to local power grids. While weapon platforms require large amounts of fuel, DOD reports that the single largest battlefield fuel consumer is generators, which provide power for base support activities such as cooling, heating, and lighting. Transporting fuel to forward-deployed locations presents an enormous logistics burden and risk, including exposing fuel truck convoys to attack. GAO was asked to address DOD's (1) efforts to reduce fuel demand at forward-deployed locations and (2) approach to managing fuel demand at these locations. This review focused on locations within Central Command's area of responsibility. GAO visited DOD locations in Kuwait and Djibouti to learn about fuel reduction efforts and challenges facing these locations. GAO recommends that DOD establish an effective approach to managing fuel demand at forward-deployed locations by developing fuel demand management requirements; designating the new director of operational energy as the lead proponent of fuel demand management at forward-deployed locations; addressing demand management shortcomings in DOD's energy strategy; and establishing military department oversight of fuel demand issues
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC
- Includes bibliographical references
- Vendor supplied data
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version United States Government Accountability Office Defense management CIS 2009 J942-211
- Print version United States Government Accountability Office Defense management
- Publisher Number:
- CMP-2009-GAO-0093
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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