national defense? With energy efficient products, the U.S. doesn’t need to rely on other countries for oil. As mentioned before, a lot of oil the U.S. receives is from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is surrounded by terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS and Taliban. The U.S. doesn’t have to have troops in the middle east to protect oil. “The armed forces need fuel to supply their troops, but battleground supply missions can be dangerous. In fact, 80% of on-the-ground supply delivery missions to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are for fuel, and (on average) one soldier dies for about every 50 of those refueling convoys. In 2011 alone, there were 1,100 attacks on fuel convoys. Using electric and hybrid vehicles, energy-efficient generators and other energy-saving measures mean fewer convoys, and fewer convoys mean fewer casualties". ("Top 5 Reasons to Be Energy Efficient") The U.S. has been fighting in the middle east for over a decade. Although oil isn’t the only reason U.S. troops are in the middle east; at least we can pull out more troops and bring them back
national defense? With energy efficient products, the U.S. doesn’t need to rely on other countries for oil. As mentioned before, a lot of oil the U.S. receives is from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is surrounded by terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS and Taliban. The U.S. doesn’t have to have troops in the middle east to protect oil. “The armed forces need fuel to supply their troops, but battleground supply missions can be dangerous. In fact, 80% of on-the-ground supply delivery missions to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are for fuel, and (on average) one soldier dies for about every 50 of those refueling convoys. In 2011 alone, there were 1,100 attacks on fuel convoys. Using electric and hybrid vehicles, energy-efficient generators and other energy-saving measures mean fewer convoys, and fewer convoys mean fewer casualties". ("Top 5 Reasons to Be Energy Efficient") The U.S. has been fighting in the middle east for over a decade. Although oil isn’t the only reason U.S. troops are in the middle east; at least we can pull out more troops and bring them back