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US Army Assumption: Natural Gas nonviable in 25 years

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Submitted by Noah Kunin on Mon, 2007-03-26 14:09

According to a recent study contract SOW (scope of work) released by the Department of the Army: (emphasis added)

"Current Army assumption is that Natural Gas may cease to be a viable fuel for the Army within the next 25 years based on price volatility and affordable supply availability.

The study will attempt to predict natural gas supply/demand over the next 25 years, examine possible scenarios of Liquefied Natural Gas imports vs. domestic natural gas and the overall impact on Army installations overall. The Army's total energy use by installations has decreased by 30% since 1985 but has risen the past two years.

I doubt the Army will decide to release the final report but the type of questions asked in the SOW are key to determining natural gas's ability to be the base load fuel of the 21st century.