US Spends $20bn a year on airconditioning the desert

[Louis VI the Fat]

double post, sorry

This website spends $20.000 each year on bandwith wasted on double posts.

[Vladimir]

More seriously,

The Army does waste a LOT of energy but they're getting better. Nowadays the use of newfangled com-pu-ters requires the use of air conditioning to keep them cool. It's also incredibly nice to have when you're wearing ~80 lbs of body armor in ~110 degree heat all day.

[Adrian II]

This website spends $20.000 each year on bandwith wasted on double posts.

You've said so twice before.

AII

[Louis VI the Fat]

You've said so twice before.

AII

B...but that was before they made me moderator.


As much as I'd love to, nowadays it is no longer possible for me to waste precious bandwith on thread-derailing spam.

[Major Robert Dump]

How is this news to any of you people?

This has been the case since the start of both wars, and the driving force in the Navy and Marines plan to use alternative fuels. The navy has a pretty realistic goal and is perfectly on track. We have a couple of small FOBs that are 30% solar. They are running ships and flying planes long distances with alternative energy. Google this stuff. We take a casualty for something like every 12 convoys I think, and its exactly why Truck Drivers/Transportation corps have seen more action than any of the infantry or cav units. In 2006-2009 the enlistment bonus for 88m truck drivers was $20,000.

Unfortunately, American soldiers are still Americans and they want the comforts just like everyone else. Do they abuse the plethora of clean water and electricity? Absolutely. But its not just the US soldiers, its also the multinationals and the contractors. Life on some of these FOBs is better than life at home. Do I want soldiers to swelter and suffer? No. Plus, there is a lot of essential equipment that would not work properly if heated. But the resources are abused. A lot. I could leave the light on in my room 24/7 and no one would know any better, and even if they did no one would say anything.

While all these other retards are arguing over oil/gas in terms of global warming, as usual the US military is going to be the catalyst for change once again and will change fuels because its cheaper, its easier and it saves lives. What will be interesting is seeing how Washington DC and its big oil cronies will do in the White House and Armed Forces Committee to try to stifle this progress.

[TinCow]

What will be interesting is seeing how Washington DC and its big oil cronies will do in the White House and Armed Forces Committee to try to stifle this progress.

Well, my government agency just moved into a brand new building last month, and the building was specifically built to LEED standards. In fact, DC is rated as one of the top cities in the US for environmentally friendly offices. It will take a long time for the government to retrofit their old buildings, but it's pretty much a universal standard in this city now for new construction and renovation. The reason will be familiar to you: it's cheaper. The less agencies have to spend on facility maintenance, the more they can spend on other things.

[Vladimir]

Well, my government agency just moved into a brand new building last month, and the building was specifically built to LEED standards. In fact, DC is rated as one of the top cities in the US for environmentally friendly offices. It will take a long time for the government to retrofit their old buildings, but it's pretty much a universal standard in this city now for new construction and renovation. The reason will be familiar to you: it's cheaper. The less agencies have to spend on facility maintenance, the more they can spend on other things.

We moved into a similar building, which, of course means the bathrooms stink of urine due to the no flush urinals. Or maybe it's just because people keep missing them given the low light levels. Whenever someone flushes there is a sound from the drains like water flowing through an open sewer. The first soda of the day is warm because the vending machine is "energy efficient" I'm sorry, what was the original topic?

[Adrian II]

The first soda of the day is warm [...]

Maybe it's connected to those urinal drains. Those bloody Greens will stop at nothing.

AII