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The objective of the workshops on Department of Defense (DOD) Future
Energy Issues is to develop better understanding of the current
energy resources and consumption of DOD in reference to the roles
of economics, and global and national geopolitics. The deliberations
of these workshops will provide recommendations for DOD actions
on future energy issues.
There will be two workshops:
| December 2002 |
Sets the stage; formulates near-term issues; deals
with non-renewable energy sources; discusses future fuels; and
nuclear energy; |
| May 2003 |
Deals with renewable energy sources such as bio-fuels;
biomass; wind; solar; geothermal; and exotic sources; |
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Discusses gas hydrates and summarizes the sessions. |
Conference Goals:
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A better understanding of the role that economics
and geopolitics plays in the DOD energy crisis. |
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A better understanding of the solutions possible
to the DOD for meeting the possible energy crisis. |
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Actions recommended to the DOD to address the
energy issues. |
The workshops are sponsored by The Center for Technology and National
Security Policy of the National Defense University, in collaboration
with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Office of Naval Research
(ONR), the University of Alaska and the National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL).
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