What the U.S. Military Doesn

Fact — The U.S. Department of Defense is the single biggest consumer of petroleum in the U.S. and the single largest oil consuming division of government anywhere in the world.
As a matter of fact, back in 1999, the U.S. Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), the branch of government that buys fuel for the Defense Department, purchased more light refined petroleum products for the military, than any other single organization or country in the world.
This is something that the military doesn

I spent a good three hours this morning trying to find purchasing and consumption figures from the U.S. military.
The best place to find these figures is on the DESC website. But with both hands tied behind her back, Helen Keller could have found her way through a garden maze easier that someone can navigate the DESC site.
So why doesn