$400 a gallon

[man2112]

Hey Folks,
I was watching a show called "battle-ready" on the history channel last night, and they mentioned that diesel is $400 a gallon in Afghanistan...Does anybody know anything about this? Or why it is so high? I'm sure that it all has to be shipped from the CONUS, but it still sounds much higher than it should. That would be a $20,000 fuel up for a deuce!

 

[papabear]

Hey Folks,
I was watching a show called "battle-ready" on the history channel last night, and they mentioned that diesel is $400 a gallon in Afghanistan...Does anybody know anything about this? Or why it is so high? I'm sure that it all has to be shipped from the CONUS, but it still sounds much higher than it should. That would be a $20,000 fuel up for a deuce!

I gotta throw the BS flag here!!

 

[halogrinder]

Sure!

Government contracts
People taking advantage of .gov contracts.
Greed.


i think that about sums it up.

 

[man2112]

I gotta throw the BS flag here!!

Thats what i think. There is no way that it can be that expensive. They say at that rate it costs 20.2 billion to run the AC annually.

 

[KsM715]

I dont think it like going to the pump and paying $400 for a gallon. Its probably figured the by the time the gov. gets it, processes it, ships it over, and paying all the peoples salaries that touch that gallon in the process it probably cost us tax payers $400 per gallon.

 

[Tinwoodsman]

Plus the interest for every dollar we borrow to pay for it.

 

[man2112]

Plus the interest for every dollar we borrow to pay for it.

That is probably more like it!

 

[m16ty]

It sounds ridiculous but who knows. It wouldn't be the first time the government overspent by 10,000%.

 

[Welder Sam]

it also gets "siphoned" off and sold/traded to locals by us military individuals. not legally. i know this from a trusted source that witnessed such activity

 

[dilligaf13]

The current price of diesel in Afghanistan is $1.00 a liter or a little less than $4.00 a gallon.

Pump price for diesel fuel (US dollar per liter) in Afghanistan

 

[Darwin T]

I gotta throw the BS flag here!!

i told my bosses boss one day at a safety meeting that i am throwing a "brown flag". he said a "red flag" for a safety issue. i said NO a "Brown Flag" because that is "BS".

 

[x-ray]

I know from a good friend who's an Intel officer in Afghanistan that there lots of logistics & issues of getting fuel for US military. First all fuel comes from certified vendors and ships through our reliable ally - Pakistan - You know the folks who's intelligence agency started the Taliban and hid UBL. After lots of bribes, government red tape, etc. and risks (convoy attacks) it makes it to Afghanistan. It may not be $400/gallon, but I'm sure its high enough.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were certain pathways for fuel that would take that much (flying it in in small quantities on Red air or other high cost contract agency) that would lend itself to such a high price. The price quoted may be for airlifting it in as a reserve when other supply lines were at risk?

 

[DavidJBlythe]

Even though there are laws against it, most private companies charge more if they know the gov't is the client.

When I was PCS-ing across the country, I reserved an SUV over the phone with National at the recreational rate of about $250. When I went to the airport to pick it up, the nice lady asked to see the card I used. She recognized it as a government travel card and told me that I would have to pay the government rate of about $600 for the same trip. I laughed like it was a joke and told her that it was against several laws for a company to charge a higher than average price just for government clients. I tried to pay with cash, check, anything else, but she wouldn't take her eyes off my card and the $600 she stood to make.

Does the government intentionally make bad purchasing decisions? I don't know. But I do know that private companies overcharge the crap out of us. And we are often forced to pay it.

 

[salvorone@aol.com]

all i can say is ,i hope not

 

[dozer1]

Looks like it could be true. $400-a-gallon: our cost to deliver fuel to Afghan military bases | AtisSun Media Most of the cost is the cost of air dropping it to the bases. WOW

 

[clinto]

We're spending approximately 307 million dollars in Afghanistan every single day (112 billion dollars a year).

We sure aren't spending all that on the troop's pay.

It has to go somewhere.

 

[greenjeepster]

The Hx channel gets a lot of thing wrong. The other day a show I was watching said that the top speed of a hmmwv was over 90 mph

That would be one scary ride.

 

[kassim503]

Gotta love the axe men simulated tree cutting incident simulations, "when trees attack" lol

 

[unclemikey]

Seems reasonable to me, After all it is the same folks that paid $10,000 for a hammer and $5,000 for a toilet set!

 

[Titanium Soldier]

I am a USAF 2A3X3 (Crew Chief) on F-22s. When we fly jets we use somewhere between 2000-2500 gallons per flight. Multiply that times 18 flights per day (which is a light day) 5 days a week and at about 3-4$ a gallon for JP8 comes out to 720,000-900,000 a week just in fuel cost alone in just one fighter squadron, of god only knows how many in the air force, let alone navy, marines, army and coasties. The military uses ALOT of fuel no doubt about it! Oh and then they break... some of the bolts we have like a 2" 3/16x16 bolt will cost 45 dollars.. the same one you can pick up at the hardware store for 35 cents. And then you gets bit@#ed at for wearing your john deere winter hat at work cuz they never get cold weather gear for ya cuz they didnt have money always makes me laugh!!!