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Role of the Department of Defense in the Research and Development of Alternative Fuels.

ADA624143

Publication Date	2015
Personal Author	Hoines, M. L.
Page Count	75
Abstract	This paper examined the implications of the U.S. national energy strategies and policies that directly or indirectly require the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop initiatives to conduct costly research and development (R&D) of alternative fuels. The main research question is: What are the current policies that direct the military to conduct research and development of biofuels? The DOD lacks an efficient, effective program for development of alternative fuels due to: (1) the U.S. political process; (2) inter governmental bureaucracy; and (3) DOD budgeting process. This study highlights how the political process inhibits an effective DOD alternative energy program. It shows that the individual service s initiatives must be nested with the DOD s programs and U.S. national strategy. This thesis recommends that the nation s energy security strategy should provide clear guidance to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), and that the SECDEF should then provide specific guidance as to the role each service plays in alternative fuels R&D and provide allocated budget guidance to each of the services.
Keywords	Department of defense Fuels Military budgets Scientific research Biomass Measures of effectiveness Policies Security Theses Alternative fuels Biomass energy Bureaucracy Dod(department of defense) Energy security Fuel switching Security strategy R and d(research and development) Energy policies
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	96 - Business & Economics 92 - Behavior & Society 74 - Military Sciences 97K - Fuels 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Army Command and General Staff Coll., Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Supplemental Notes	The original document contains color images.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Master's thesis
NTIS Issue Number	201606

Role of the Department of Defense in the Research and Development of Alternative Fuels.

Role of the Department of Defense in the Research and Development of Alternative Fuels.
ADA624143

Publication Date	2015
Personal Author	Hoines, M. L.
Page Count	75
Abstract	This paper examined the implications of the U.S. national energy strategies and policies that directly or indirectly require the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop initiatives to conduct costly research and development (R&D) of alternative fuels. The main research question is: What are the current policies that direct the military to conduct research and development of biofuels? The DOD lacks an efficient, effective program for development of alternative fuels due to: (1) the U.S. political process; (2) inter governmental bureaucracy; and (3) DOD budgeting process. This study highlights how the political process inhibits an effective DOD alternative energy program. It shows that the individual service s initiatives must be nested with the DOD s programs and U.S. national strategy. This thesis recommends that the nation s energy security strategy should provide clear guidance to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), and that the SECDEF should then provide specific guidance as to the role each service plays in alternative fuels R&D and provide allocated budget guidance to each of the services.
Keywords	Department of defense Fuels Military budgets Scientific research Biomass Measures of effectiveness Policies Security Theses Alternative fuels Biomass energy Bureaucracy Dod(department of defense) Energy security Fuel switching Security strategy R and d(research and development) Energy policies
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	96 - Business & Economics 92 - Behavior & Society 74 - Military Sciences 97K - Fuels 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Army Command and General Staff Coll., Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Supplemental Notes	The original document contains color images.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Master's thesis
NTIS Issue Number	201606