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| US spends $20 bn a year |
| US spends $20 bn a year on air conditioning its Iraq, Afghan bases
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 28-June-2011
7:59:24 AM |
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The US military spends nearly 20 billion dollars a year just for air-conditioning its bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, a retired senior officer has claimed.
Brigadier General Steve Anderson, who served as chief logistician to General David Petraeus in Iraq, said that the American Department of Defense (DOD) was shockingly inefficient in its energy use.
“In essence what we're doing is we're air conditioning the desert over there in Afghanistan, Iraq and other places,” the Telegraph quoted Anderson, as saying.
Taking into account raw fuel, transport and security, “DOD will spend about 20 billion dollars annually to air-condition tents and temporary structures,” he added.
Anderson said that the fuel used to power air conditioners in Afghanistan’s remote bases is shipped into Pakistan, before being transported by land for more than two weeks
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