The US military is the biggest consumer of oil on the planet. Other than using it to power its vehicles, ships and weapons, it is used to manufacture explosives. We have already used up half the planet’s oil supply, and we are using it ever faster day by day as the world industrialises. The supply is fixed. This means inevitably oil supplies will not be able to keep up with demand. This means higher and higher prices. The nuclear deterrent will still work, but the conventional forces will be largely in mothballs, far too expensive to deploy.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)