kenmabmcc
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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: Pentagon spends about $14 million per day on oil in Iraq Ops |
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America Out of Gas
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| Every day, the average G.I. in Iraq uses approximately 27 gallons of petroleum-based fuels. With some 160,000 American troops in Iraq, that amounts to 4.37 million gallons in daily oil usage, including gasoline for vans and light vehicles, diesel for trucks and armored vehicles, and aviation fuel for helicopters, drones, and fixed-wing aircraft. With U.S. forces paying, as of late April, an average of $3.23 per gallon for these fuels, the Pentagon is already spending approximately $14 million per day on oil ($98 million per week, $5.1 billion per year) to stay in Iraq. |
I read that the Pentagon use of petroleum products is the same as Sweden. 
Nice of them to help push up the price of gasoline...
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