Denounce energy waste here and give your ideas for remedying it
I begin:
gentside.com, Jun 20, 2011 wrote:In Iraq, air conditioning for American soldiers costs more than NASA!
The air conditioning installed in the tents and in the prefabs of the American army in Iraq would have a higher cost than the operation of NASA.
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Each year, the American Department of Defense spends 20 billion dollars a year (14 billion euros) for air conditioning in tents and prefabs, installed for the American army in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is 1 billion more than the annual budget of NASA, which amounts to 19 billion (13 billion euros).
This information was revealed by Steve Anderson, retired general and former logistician to General Petraeus, and was relayed by the Grist site. He adds that covering the facilities with polyurethane foam could better insulate the barracks and above all reduce expenses. An initiative that would cost 95 million dollars (66 million euros), but which would save several billion.
The nation's largest energy consumer
Polyurethane foam should be a solution for the Ministry of Defense. The latter is the biggest energy consumer in the nation, and has been trying to reduce its energy consumption lately. Indeed, he finally admitted that global warming was a growing threat to the security of the Nation.
http://www.gentside.com/%E9cologie/en-i ... 23913.html
http://gizmodo.com/5813257/air-conditio ... ire-budget
Also in Afghanistan
Photo by Sgt. Rebecca linder
Spc. Joshua Mchugh, right, carpentry masonry specialist, holds Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning tubing while Staff Sgt. Joshua Anderson, both members of the 492nd Engineer Company, Minnesota Army Reserve, tapes the tubes together, Oct. 14, at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mcugh, Anderson and other members of the 492nd are finalizing their deployment by working on seven pre-engineered buildings at Camp Phoenix, which will house more than 1,200 US and coalition forces.
Solution: eliminate the army, or at least develop the notion of energy efficiency.