This picture, from the AP via MSNBC's photblog gives a pretty good explanation for why NATO should use less fuel.
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| Credit: Dan Yasin/AP |
The story goes on to say that no one was killed, but at least 5 fuel trucks were burned. That is likely to be fuel that was trucked all the way from the port in Karachi through the Pakistani tribal areas, and up to Kabul. This is a significant vulnerability of ISAF in Afghanistan.
This shows the case that was very well made in two recent reports from other think tanks here in DC: The CNA's report "Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security" and CNAS's report "Fueling the Future Force: Preparing the Department of Defense for a Post-Petroleum Era" showed how the energy supply chain is a crucial vulnerability of America's deployed forces. They also began the process, continued by the new DoD Energy team in the Pentagon under Assistant Secretary for Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs Sharon Burke, of showing how the military can use less fuel.
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