Michael Klare of Hampshire College follows closely the military’s use of oil. He says the military is “coming late to an appreciation of their vulnerability to reliance on petroleum.”

A short segment on Marketplace says that personnel and weapons are unlikely sources of cutbacks. Instead, there will be a smaller number of the next generation of weapons produced, plus more solar panels and nuclear powered ships.

A Morning Edition segment says the military burns up 1.5 million gallons of fuel every day in Iraq.