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He and I--along with Redress--smacked you with some reality, vice your Libbo view of things.
“In Iraq, the military has spent $95 million on insulating foam and has saved $105 million per year in return,” said Nolan — who is now retired from the Army and runs a consultancy called Sabot 6 — in an interview. “The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., is spending $25 million for spray foam at training forward operating bases, saving more than $20 million per year in fuel and equipment costs. Another $29 million is spent in Afghanistan. The military is embracing energy conservation and actively seeking the savings.”
So far, the cost-benefit analysis has made insulating foam a hit. Turning the Army’s huge, heat-absorbing tents into rigid shells of 2-inch insulation costs $30,000 to $70,000 per tent, depending on size. But insulation pays for itself in 35 days in Iraq, where a gallon of diesel costs $20. Insulation can cut the temperature inside the tent in a hot environment by 20 degrees Fahrenheit before an air-conditioning unit is even turned on, reducing fuel needs by 40 percent.
Whovian has a good solution on this page and also provides a good example of the benefits of not limiting one's imagination to the conventional.
Is this more smacking of my libbo view of things?
adpst is going to be so happy about this.
I think I shot my load with that one
Is this how dura-foam is made?
Is this more smacking of my libbo view of things?
adpst is going to be so happy about this.
Yes, I am happy that you are happy because I am laughing at the fact that either you cannot understand what whovian posted or you did not see it before making your comment and now you are going to scramble trying to cover your butt, because you don't have enough manhood to admit when you are wrong.And, you're not???
Yes, I am happy that you are happy because I am laughing at the fact that either you cannot understand what whovian posted or you did not see it before making your comment and now you are going to scramble trying to cover your butt, because you don't have enough manhood to admit when you are wrong.
Let the games begin.
Military spends more to air condition tents than NASA’s entire budget | Grist
Hmmm I recall having a discussion in the chat with a few people about the military's wasteful spending and here is just some more proof of it.
So, how is it cheaper to get alternative fuels into Afghanistan? :lamo
your response doesn't even make sense.
Military spends more to air condition tents than NASA’s entire budget | Grist
Hmmm I recall having a discussion in the chat with a few people about the military's wasteful spending and here is just some more proof of it.
If this is for our soldiers, then I am cool with it.
Oh, is that it? really? :lamo
or it might toughen people up
yes. there's nothing like mass-heat-stroke to increase combat efficiency.
No AC was good enough for the men fighting in WW2 in the North Africa region, it should be good enough for the soldiers of today.
No AC was good enough for the men fighting in WW2 in the North Africa region, it should be good enough for the soldiers of today.
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