[news] The Pentagon Vs. Peak Oil

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

Sixteen gallons of oil. That's how much the average American soldier in  
Iraq and Afghanistan consumes on a daily basis - either directly,  
through the use of Humvees, tanks, trucks, and helicopters, or  
indirectly, by calling in air strikes. Multiply this figure by 162,000  
soldiers in Iraq, 24,000 in Afghanistan, and 30,000 in the surrounding  
region (including sailors aboard US warships in the Persian Gulf) and  
you arrive at approximately 3.5 million gallons of oil: the daily  
petroleum tab for US combat operations in the Middle East war zone.

  


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