U.S. Military Spends A Cool $20billion On Air Conditioning

Burning money: Air conditioning units attached to individual free-standing tents take a gallon of fuel each, which soon goes in the searing 125 degree heat

U.S. Military Spends A Cool $20billion On Air Conditioning Annually In Iraq And Afghanistan -- Daily Mail

The U.S. military forks out a whopping $20.2billion a year on keeping troops in Iraq and Afghanistan cool, it has emerged.

The alarming figure is more than Nasa's entire annual budget and trumps the amount the G-8 has pledged to aid Egypt and Tunisia.

It's even more than the clean up cost of BPs Gulf oil spill.

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Update: Among The Costs Of War: $20B In Air Conditioning -- NPR

My Comment: I am very skeptical .... this can't be true .... $20.2billion a year for conditioning ?!?!?!?!

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