$43 million dollar gas station

[boomerang]

In Afghanistan.
It's a CNG station.
There is no infrastructure to support it.
They typically cost $500K.

How the Pentagon spent $43 million on a single gas station

Nobody has any answers on why, nobody knows nothin'.

The gas station was intended to help Afghanistan curb its dependence on foreign petroleum products and take advantage of domestic energy. But investigators found that Afghanistan does not have the natural gas transmission infrastructure to support a “viable market” for cars that used compressed natural gas.

And the cost of converting gasoline-powered cars to run on natural gas “may be prohibitive for the average Afghan.” The cost to do so is estimated at about $700 per car, while the average annual income in Afghanistan is $690.

Who's getting indicted? Who even cares with enough power to make something happen?

 

[Zorba]

That is really stupid, they don't have reliable NG infrastructure in that part of the world at all. At a previous job I designed LPG and NG process skids, we did a lot of work in Pakistan, UAE, India and a little in Afghanistan. They always ordered synthetic natural gas equipment, because either their NG supply wasn't reliable and they needed a back up or they had no NG supply, but hoped to get one someday in the future.

 

[alcoholbob]

Simply an obvious consequence of "use or lose it" funding.

 

[Genx87]

The economy has been stimulated.

 

[Newbian]

I wonder if they will get the money back by candy sales. 😉

 

[Victorian Gray]

In Afghanistan.
It's a CNG station.
There is no infrastructure to support it.
They typically cost $500K.

How the Pentagon spent $43 million on a single gas station

Nobody has any answers on why, nobody knows nothin'.
Who's getting indicted? Who even cares with enough power to make something happen?

Why do you hate American business? The military has been a cash cow for private business at least since the Civil War.

 

[Nebor]

There are countless projects as wasteful as this in Afghanistan. With US forces drawing down, and the Taliban retaking the country slowly, we'll never account for most of it.

 

[Newell Steamer]

War profiteering at its finest.

Now, let's cut some more social programs and veteran funding to build more of these gas stations.

 

[Cozarkian]

Maybe we will built a secret underground military complex below the gas station?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Who's getting indicted? Who even cares with enough power to make something happen?

We're spending taxpayer money to build gas stations that will either go unused and/or get destroyed or possessed by the Taliban or ISIS? Good God.

That money could have been used to fund health care for poor Americans or to pay for college. We've gotta get out of the Middle East, it's just a huge waste of money (but good for defense contractor CEOs).

In other news...Americans are turning their nose up at Bernie Sanders, the only candidate who isn't in bed with the big corporations and defense contractors and who might actually get us out of the Middle East. Instead the Democratic base seems to favor Hillary who's in bed with the big corporations. Go figure.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Maybe we will built a secret underground military complex below the gas station?

Maybe they made an exploding gas station, one that explodes when the Taliban or ISIS come to claim it. Nice thought, but nah. It's just a big waste of money. I'd laugh, but it's our own money that was wasted, so I'm crying.