Implications for US Military with highly inflated oil prices?

Eventually oil is going to run out. When it does, or alternatively when oil is far too expensive, what are the implications for the US military. Aircraft, Tanks, non Nuclear naval vessels, all these things run on oil based products. How much will the influence and power of the US military and indeed all armed forces diminish?Implications for US Military with highly inflated oil prices?
Several things.





The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve can be used for defense purposes. In the event of a major war, you can be absolutely sure that personal travel will be severely curtailed, and as much of that oil will be used for military and defense industry purposes. Comprised of 4 major oil fields, the SPR has a capacity of 1 billion barrels of oil.





The US Air Force is currently testing the use of synthetic jet fuel for use as an aviation fuel. In Sept, a B-52 was flown with two of its eight jet engines equipped to burn a 50:50 blend of conventional jet fuel with synthetically produced jet fuel.





The US Army has been testing bio-fuels in diesel trucks. Its use should be a non-issue. The M1-A1 Abrams tank is powered by a turbine, which can burn a wide variety of fuels, including bio-fuel.





The US has coal reserves equal to 300 years of consumption at current rates. Research is underway to efficienty develop synthetic fuels from coal, including in-situ conversion so the coal would not have to be mined. The US also has huge quantities of oil-containing shale formations in the Rocky Mountains that can be mined and the oil extracted.Implications for US Military with highly inflated oil prices?
Oil is not going to run out in your life time or for the next 1000 years. Don't believe the hype you see on CNN and discovery channel. There are already contracts to drill in Russia and Ukrane which have 30-60000 oil fields that can each power the US's Oil demand for 3-5 years. And that is not including the offshore fields of Natural gas and oil.





American goverenment doesn't pay for anything. When oil prices go up, we just borrow more from the Federal Reserve. and then we print more money. Email me if you want more on the truth about oil
None whatsoever. The US government keeps enough oil in reserve to keep the military fueled up for a century.
the beast will eat every thing in its way.the reason we have a military is to secure oil not just to keep the beast alive but for every 65 year old who spent his entire life to get that motor home or that boat or big car and he isn't going to care how many teen-agers have to die so that he can take the grand kids to the grand canyon.and since your so clueless here's some advice don't make any long term plans.
They already have a plan developed 50 years ago. Thus


hydrogen power, nuclear power in a box...etc. But get rid


or the oil first, so that they cannot mount an attack or defence.


Now you could understand the present nuclear power


suppression activites on Iran and N Korea.