energy behavior and national security creating a green ... · side note on technology v. behavior...
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Richard AndresEnergy Chair
National Defense UniversityInstitute for National Strategic Studies
Energy Behavior and National Security
Creating a Green Military
Last year the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force made energy culture a pillar of their energy strategies
Make Energy a Consideration in All We Do
Air Force energy motto
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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Conwaypersonally hosts MC energy summit
New Army Solar Array
Secretary of the Navy Ray MabusSaying he was committing "the Navy and Marine Corps to meet bold, ambitious goals," Mabus announced five energy targets to the audience of more than 750 gathered at the Naval Energy Forum in McLean, Va.
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Every fuel convoy taken off the road in Iraq or Afghanistan saves American lives
The Navy and Air Force’s principal vulnerabilities are their fuel tails
Every device or good habit that conserves energy or generates energy from local sources has the potential to save lives
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Fuel makes up a large part of the military’s budget and is getting more expensive
Over time, smarter behavior and better technology will save the Air Force and Navy billions in fuel costs.
Inflation adjusted Oil Prices
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Taking on huge issues like dependence on Mid East oil and climate change requires a first-mover with deep pockets
• Create markets for alternative fuels• Develop/apply new technology• Adaptive techniques for climate change• Train a national group of energy leaders
Military As a First Mover• Internet• Commercial space• Nuclear power• West irrigated• Computers• Racial integration
It’s all about people
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The military trains people for the mission
People build and use machines
It’s all about people
When we produce greener people…
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It’s all about people
When we produce greener people…
They build and use greener machines
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US Navy and Air Force Test Homegrown JetfuelWith 80% Less CO2
Army Solar Power
Portable Energy for Front Lines
It’s all about people
When we produce greener people…
They build and use greener machines
As importantly, they behave greener
The US military’s single greatest strength is that its people understand and support the mission and innovate in order to accomplish it.
All the green tech in the world won’t help if the people who are supposed to use it don’t care about conservation because they won’t use it.
Side note on technology v. behavior
Improving Behavior often saves as much as buying new technology, but at a much lower cost…
• Technology for protecting fuel convoys in Iraq could cost hundred of millions and save lives – training to convince soldiers to find creative ways to save energy might have the same effect for next to nothing
• A more efficient jet engine might cost billions of dollars to produce and use considerably less fuel – flight schedulers motivated by seminars at school might get the same savings through creative flight scheduling
• New insulation for base housing might cost millions and save considerably on energy use – training people to keep windows shut and the thermostats down might save as much for the price of the seminars
LeadershipBehavior
Metrics
Rewards
Norms/Values
Educate – Train – Persuade
Develop – Purchase - Use
HirePromotePay
AllowRequireFacilitate
Changing an organization’s behavior requires a four step cycle…
Over a period of years the behavior becomes valued in and of itself…it becomes a culture
The military has some advantages and disadvantages compared to business…
LeadershipBehavior
Metrics
Rewards
Norms/Values
Educate – Train – Persuade
Develop – Purchase - Use
HirePromotePay
AllowRequireFacilitate
Education: Boot camp—NCO schools—Staff and War Colleges
Massive bureaucratic inertia and protective culture
Discipline: Very responsive to guidance from leaders
Personnel consistently put the mission over their own preferences
Saving money is often viewed by local units as a negative
Integrate energy into education and training at schools
Senior leadership should repeatedly and publicallysupport behavioral change
Most importantly, let the force know why good energy behavior supports the mission and is the right thing to do
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Based on this analysis, the military should pursue behavioral change through three approaches…
Mission - The Air Force Safety Center preserves and enhances combat capability through resource preservation
Leader – major general
Personnel - 120 military and civilians assigned to the Air Force Safety Center
Education - provides safety education and training to personnel. Seven professional and various technical safety courses are taught in 45 sessions ranging from three days to 10 weeks, to more than 1,800 students annually. Produce the following Air Force Safety magazines: Flying Safety, Road and Rec, and Weapons Journal; Proactive marketing of safety events, issues, and concerns through newsletters, videos, and commercials.
Issues Division - a detachment in the Pentagon interfaces with members of the Air Staff.
Bottom line – by changing attitudes and behavior this program saves lives and money and can be replicated for energy
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The Air Force Safety Center as a precedent
Specific StepsCreate an energy behavior advisory board made up of civilian experts from
academe and industry and DOD leaders
Fund energy chairs at DOD schools
Develop an education and training program for each military service
Stand up an office of energy behavior in the Pentagon lead by a general officer or SES
Develop a curriculum to be used by educators and leaders
Develop a traveling road show where speakers can talk to personnel about the importance of energy behavior for the service and for national security
Fund applied research into energy behavior modification17
Militarily, teaching war fighters how to reduce their energy tail is likely to save a considerable number of lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and this behavior will continue to pay dividends in lives into the future
Over the course of a few years, changing energy behavior and unleashing energy innovation are likely to provide enormous cost savings at an extremely low price relative to investments in hardware
At the national level, the military discharges hundreds of thousands of bright motivated personnel every year; just as an earlier military generation played a key part in fighting for civil rights, properly educated and trained, these individuals will help to change the US energy culture
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