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Environment & Energy

GreydeeThos

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3. The Department of Defense uses quite a bit of jet fuel

Reply to nationalize the fed (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 05:12 AM

Aug 2016

The DOD burns up 0.408 Quadrillion BTUs of jet fuel.

The number would be 408,000,000,000,000 BTUs. That is in the same ballpark as the total energy use of some small countries.

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This Very, Very Detailed Chart Shows How All The Energy In The U.S. Is Used [View all] nationalize the fed Aug 2016 OP

Wow. progressoid Aug 2016 #1

Very impressive, but... Binkie The Clown Aug 2016 #2

The Department of Defense uses quite a bit of jet fuel GreydeeThos Aug 2016 #3

The LLNL flow charts may be a bit easier to absorb OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #4